کج
Persian
Alternative forms
- کژ (kaž)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”). Related to چنگ (čang). Cognate with English hook.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): [kad͡ʒ]
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ]
- (Kabuli) IPA(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ]
- (Hazaragi) IPA(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ̥]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [kʰʲæd͡ʒ̥]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [kʰäd͡ʒ]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | kaj |
| Dari reading? | kaj |
| Iranian reading? | kaj |
| Tajik reading? | kaj |
References
- Vullers, Johann August (1856–1864) “کج”, in Lexicon Persico-Latinum etymologicum cum linguis maxime cognatis Sanscrita et Zendica et Pehlevica comparatum, e lexicis persice scriptis Borhâni Qâtiu, Haft Qulzum et Bahâri agam et persico-turcico Farhangi-Shuûrî confectum, adhibitis etiam Castelli, Meninski, Richardson et aliorum operibus et auctoritate scriptorum Persicorum adauctum (in Latin), volume II, Gießen: J. Ricker, pages 798b–800a
- Nourai, Ali (2011) An Etymological Dictionary of Persian, English and other Indo-European Languages, page 217
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