Where does “كنجلك” come from?

كنجلك (Ottoman Turkish) comes from Persian گنج, from Pahlavi ganǰ, from Old Median ganzah — treasure.

كنجلك (Ottoman Turkish): youth

Definitions

  1. youth

Ancestry of “كنجلك”, step by step

كنجلك traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian گنج

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianگنجtreasure; store; granary
2Pahlaviganǰ—
3Old Medianganzahtreasure

via Ottoman Turkish ـلك

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishـلكness
2Proto-Turkic*-liknoun suffix; -ness
Every word from Old Median ganzah →Every word from Pahlavi ganǰ →Every word from Persian گنج →