Reconstruction:Proto-Iranian/kánjuš

This Proto-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Iranian

Etymology

From *kaĵ- +‎ *-nu. First component is form Proto-Indo-European *kagʰ- with -nu- suffixation in Iranian.

Noun

*kánjuš f

1. clothing

Descendants

• Northeastern Iranian:
  • Khotanese: [script needed] (knck, “shirt”)
• Northwestern Iranian:
  • Kurdish:

    Northern Kurdish: kinc (kinǰ, “clothing”)

  • Old Median: *kanzuš
    • → Old Armenian:
      • Armenian: կանձուլ (kanjul), կունձուլ (kunjul)
    • → Elamite: 𒃷𒋢𒊌𒋡 (kán-su-uk-qa), 𒃷𒋢𒋡 (kán-su-qa /⁠kansuka⁠/)
    • Persian: کنزول (kanzul, “a kind of loose-sleeved robe in Afghanistan”)
  • Parthian:

    Manichaean script: [Manichaean needed] (qnjwg /⁠kanǰūg⁠/)

  • Zazaki: kinc (kinj)
• Southwestern Iranian:
  • Old Persian: [script needed] (*kandu-)
    • → Ancient Greek: κάνδυς (kándus, “a Median garment with loose sleeves”)
    • Persian: کندوره (kandure, “traditional costume of women in southern Iran”)
• → Sanskrit: कञ्चुक (kañcuka)

References

• Schwartz, Martin (2008) “Iranian L, and Some Persian and Zaza Etymologies”, in Iran & the Caucasus, volume 12, number 2, pages 285–286
• Hinz, Walther (1975) “*kančuka-”, in Altiranisches Sprachgut der Nebenüberlieferungen (Göttinger Orientforschungen, Reihe III, Iranica; 3)‎^[1] (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz