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گنج

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See also: کنج and كنج

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Term?] (/⁠ganǰ⁠/, treasure), from Old Persian *ganzah (treasure), probably from Old Median *ganǰam (treasure). See Arabic كَنْز (kanz, treasure).

Pronunciation

 

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Noun

گنج (ganj) (plural گنج‌ها (ganj-hā / ganj-hâ), Tajik spelling ганҷ)

  1. treasure
    • c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume II, verse 1862:
      چونی ای عیسای عیسی دم ز رنج
      که نبود اندر جهان بیمار گنج
      čōn-ī 'isā-yi 'isa dam zi ranj
      ki na-būd andar jahān bē-mār ganj
      How art thou as to affliction, O thou Jesus who hast the (healing) breath of Jesus?
      For there never was in the world a treasure without a snake.
  2. store
  3. granary

Derived terms

  • پنج گنج (panj-ganj)
  • گنجه (ganje)
  • گنجور (ganjur)
  • گنجینه (ganjine)
  • گنجینه‌دار (ganjine-dâr)
  • گنج‌بان (ganj-bân)
  • گنج‌نامه (ganj-nâme)
  • گنج‌یاب (gan-yâb)
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