கஞ்சி

Tamil

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Dravidian *kañci. Cognate with Malayalam കഞ്ഞി (kaññi) & Telugu గంజి (gañji).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaɲd͡ʑi/

Noun

கஞ்சி • (kañci)

  1. cooked and soaked day old rice eaten with spiced spreads and condiments
    Synonyms: பழையது (paḻaiyatu), பழைய சோறு (paḻaiya cōṟu)
  2. conjee, gruel
  3. (slang, vulgar) semen, jizz, spunk

Declension

i-stem declension of கஞ்சி (kañci) (singular only)
singular plural
nominative
kañci 		-
vocative கஞ்சியே
kañciyē 		-
accusative கஞ்சியை
kañciyai 		-
dative கஞ்சிக்கு
kañcikku 		-
benefactive கஞ்சிக்காக
kañcikkāka 		-
genitive 1 கஞ்சியுடைய
kañciyuṭaiya 		-
genitive 2 கஞ்சியின்
kañciyiṉ 		-
locative 1 கஞ்சியில்
kañciyil 		-
locative 2 கஞ்சியிடம்
kañciyiṭam 		-
sociative 1 கஞ்சியோடு
kañciyōṭu 		-
sociative 2 கஞ்சியுடன்
kañciyuṭaṉ 		-
instrumental கஞ்சியால்
kañciyāl 		-
ablative கஞ்சியிலிருந்து
kañciyiliruntu 		-

Descendants

  • → Portuguese: canje
  • → English: congee

References

Miron Winslow (1862) “கஞ்சி”, in A comprehensive Tamil and English dictionary of high and low Tamil, Madras: P. R. Hunt

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