کاکنج
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See also: كاكنج
Persian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Arabic كَاكَنْج (kākanj), from Middle Persian [script needed] (kākanag). Doublet of کاکنه (kâkone), which was inherited.
Noun[edit]
کاکنج • (kâkanaj, kâkonaj, kâkenaj)
- Alkekengi officinarum (syn. Physalis alkekengi)
- (by extension) Any plant of the genus Physalis.
- Synonym: عروسک پشت پرده ('arusak-e pošt-e parde)
References[edit]
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “کاکنج”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press