كنج

See also: کنج‎

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Persian ‎ (konj, “corner”).

Noun

كنج • (künc)

(geometry) angle, a figure formed by two rays which start from a common point
Synonyms: بوجاق‎ (bucak), زاویه‎ (zaviye), كوشه‎ (köşe)
corner, nook, the space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point
Synonyms: بوجاق‎ (bucak), زاویه‎ (zaviye), كوشه‎ (köşe)
basement, cellar, or dungeon, any floor of a building situated below ground level
Synonym: پودروم‎ (podrum)

Derived terms

كنجك‎ (küncek, “little corner; curiosity”)

Descendants

Turkish: künc
→ Armenian: քիւնճ (kʿiwnč)

Further reading

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Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “künc”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2895
Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “كنج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كنج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1043
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Angulus”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 62
Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كنج”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 4032
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1575

Adjective

كنج • (genc)

Alternative form of گنج‎ (genc, “young”)

Further reading

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Hindoglu, Artin (1838), “كنج”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français, Vienna: F. Beck, page 397a
Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كنج”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1043
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كنج”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1575

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