کنجد

Persian

Alternative forms

کنجید (konjid)

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ŠMg) / [Book Pahlavi needed] (kwncyt' /⁠kunjid⁠/, “sesame”), from Proto-Iranian *kunčit. Compare Old Armenian կնճիթ (knčitʻ), Armenian քունջութ (kʻunǰutʻ) and Georgian ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /kun.ˈd͡ʒud/, /kun.ˈd͡ʒid/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn.d͡ʒɪ́d̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [kʰʊn.d͡ʒɪ́d̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [kʰun.d͡ʒíd̪̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰon.d͡ʒéd̪̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [kʰun.d͡ʒíd̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	kunjúd, kunjíd
Dari reading^?	kunjid
Iranian reading^?	konjed
Tajik reading^?	kunjid

Noun

کنجد • (kunjid / konjed) (Tajik spelling кунҷид)

sesame
Synonyms: سمسم (semsem), جلجلان (joljolân)

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: küncüt
→ Georgian: ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi)
→ Ottoman Turkish: كنجد (küncüd), كنجده (küncüde)
> Turkish: küncü, künci, küncüt (inherited) (dialectal)
→ Turkmen: künji
→ Chagatai:
- Uyghur: كۈنجۈت (künjüt)
- Uzbek: kunjut

References

MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kunǰid”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 52