պիստակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak).

Pronunciation

Noun

պիստակ (pistak)

  1. pistachio (fruit)
    Synonyms: ֆստըխ (fstəx), փստուղ (pʿstuł), ֆիստաշկա (fistaška), ֆստուշկա (fstuška)

Declension

Derived terms

  • պիստակագոյն (pistakagoyn)
  • պիստակավաճառ (pistakavačaṙ)
  • պիստակենի (pistakeni)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պստակ (pstak)

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *pistak. See Middle Persian pstk' (pistag).

Noun

պիստակ (pistak)

  1. pistachio (the fruit of Pistacia)
    • c. 600 CEc. 670 CE, Anania Širakacʿi, Ašxarhacʿoycʿ [Geography] :
      Աղձնիք ունի [] եւ գազպէն, եւ մեղր եւ մշտամիրգ, եւ պիստակ, եւ երկաթ, եւ նաւթ։
      Ałjnikʿ uni [] ew gazpēn, ew mełr ew mštamirg, ew pistak, ew erkatʿ, ew nawtʿ.

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), պիստակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), պիստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Łazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000), պիստակ”, in Tʿosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պիստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 85ab
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