کجک

Persian

Etymology

(kaj, “crooked”) +‎ (-ak, diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ka.ˈd͡ʒak/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʲæ.d͡ʒǽkʲ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰä.d͡ʒǽk]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kajak
Dari reading^?	kajak
Iranian reading^?	kajak
Tajik reading^?	kajak

Noun

کجک • (kajak)

elephant goad, ankus
- c. 1649, Ṣāʾib-i Tabrīzī, “On the conquest of Qandahār and praise of Shah ʿAbbās II”, in دیوان [Dīvān]‎^[1]:
  فیلان مست عرصه هندوستان شدند
  از زخم تیغ چون کجک شاه هوشیار
  fīlān-i mast-i arsa-yi hindūstān šudand
  az zaxm-i tēġ-i čūn kajak-i šāh hōšyār
  The rutting elephants of India's battlefields became
  Sober from the wound of the king's blade, which is like the elephant goad.
  (Classical Persian romanization)

Further reading

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “کجک”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim