*Kendük (*Kentük)
1 large earthenware jar for storing flour 2 bin, crib for flour, grain
Proto-Turkic: *Kendük (*Kentük)
Altaic etymology: Altaic etymology
Proto-Altaic: *ki̯àntú
Nostratic: Nostratic
Russian meaning: 1 большой глиняный сосуд для муки 2 ларь, закром для муки, зерна
Turkic: *Kendük (*Kentük)
Mongolian: *kundaga
Tungus-Manchu: *kondi
Japanese: *kùntá
Comments: EDT 729. Clauson regards the word as an unequivocal iranism. The Iranian forms are
Karakhanid: kendük (MK - Ganch.) 1
Middle Turkic: kündük 'jug' (Sangl.)
Uzbek: kandik 2
Azerbaidzhan: kändi 2
Halaj: kändi 'basket'
Chuvash: kandi 'round wooden bowl'
Kirghiz: kendik 'room for grain, fuel' (may be < Pers.)