کنجر

Persian

Noun

کنجر • (kenjar)

  1. (obsolete) elephant

Noun

کنجر • (konjer)

  1. (dialectal) pinch

Punjabi

Etymology

Comes from Kanjar, a tribe in South Asia considered outcasts due to some of their traditions.

Noun

کَن٘جَر • (kaṉjar) m (feminine کَن٘جَری, Gurmukhi spelling ਕੰਜਰ) (vulgar, derogatory, slur)

  1. a shameless person; a cunt; twat
  2. (literally) a person who's wife is a harlot

Usage notes

This term is not used to refer to the Kanjari tribe, but as a slur generally used to refer to any person.

Further reading

  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “کنجر”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz
  • “ਕੰਜਰ”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kañjar”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
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