کاکنج

See also: كاكنج‎

Persian

کاکنج

Etymology

From Arabic كَاكَنْج‎ (kākanj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kākanag). Doublet of ‎ (kâkone), which was inherited.

Noun

کاکنج • (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj)

Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi)
(by extension) Any plant of the genus Physalis.
Synonym: عروسک پشت پرده‎ ('arusak-e pošt-e parde)

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “کاکنج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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