Comments:VEWT 251, TMN 3, 615-616, ЭСТЯ 5, 63-64, Лексика 183. Voiced *g- and front row vocalism speaks against the theory of Turk. being < Pers. kana (although some forms like Khalaj kana and Turkm. dial. kǟnä may have been influenced by the Persian word - which itself has so far no Iranian etymology and must be regarded as a Turkic loanword).