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 (knčitʿ), Armenian քունջութ (kʿunǰutʿ) and Georgian ქუნჯუტი (kunǯuṭi).

Noun
Dari کنجد
Iranian Persian
Tajik кунҷид (kunjid)

کنجد • (konjed, konjod)

  1. sesame

Synonyms

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