պնդուկ

Armenian

Etymology

From Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, hazelnut). Contaminated with պինդ (pind), oblique stem պնդ- (pnd-), and the suffix -ուկ (-uk). Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon). The earliest attestation is 1633.

Pronunciation

Noun

պնդուկ (pnduk)

  1. hazelnut

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References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պնդեղ”, 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 93a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), պնդուկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
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