نقانق

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic נוקניק (nūqānīq), variant of לוקניק (lūqānīq), from Byzantine Greek λουκάνικον (loukánikon), λουκάνικα (loukánika), from Latin lūcānica (sausage from Lūcānia). Cognate to Greek λουκάνικο (loukániko), Persian نکانک (nakânak), Hebrew נַקְנִיק (naqnīq).

Noun

نَقَانِق or نُقَانِق (naqāniq or nuqāniq) m

  1. sausage, baloney

Declension

References

  • lwqnyq”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 38
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