كندوج

See also: کندوج

Arabic

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kndwg /kandūg/), whence Persian کندو (kandu, a large clay-vessel wherein grain can be stored; beehive), کندوج (kanduj, id.), کندوک (kanduk, capacious jar as for grain) for the semantic development of which compare Latin capistērium. Cognate to Parthian [Manichaean needed] (kndwg /kandūg/), Ossetian хӕндуг (xændug), хӕндыг (xændyg, fence-structure to dry grain) and Classical Syriac ܟܱܢܕܘܩܳܐ (kandūqā, large grain-jar), Ancient Greek κόνδυ (kóndu, goblet), Old Armenian քանդուկ (kʿanduk, clayen grain bin), Chagatai [script needed] (kündük, water-jug), Kipchak [script needed] (kendük, flour-jar), Iranian borrowings.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kan.duːd͡ʒ/

Noun

كَنْدُوج or كُنْدُوج (kandūj or kundūj) m

  1. a large vessel wherein grain can be stored

Declension

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