Ποντικόν κάρυον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κάρυον Ποντικόν (káruon Pontikón)

Etymology

From the nut's indigenousness and abundance in Pontus, a former Hellenic kingdom in northern Anatolia along the southern shore of the Black Sea.

Noun

Ποντικόν κάρυον • (Pontikón káruon)

1. hazelnut

Synonyms

• καρύα Ποντικά (karúa Pontiká)

Descendants

• → Middle Persian: pndk' (*pondik)
  • Persian: پندک (pondok)
  • → Arabic: بُنْدُق (bunduq), فُنْدُق (funduq), بُنْدُوق (bundūq)
    • Andalusian Arabic: بندق (bunduq)
      • → Portuguese: almôndega
      • → Ladino: albóndiga
      • → Spanish: albóndiga, almóndiga
        • Chavacano: albóndiga
    • → Amharic: ቡንዱቅ (bunduḳ)
    • → Armenian: պնդուկ (pnduk)
    • → French: bonduc
      • → English: bonduc
    • → Ge'ez: መንዱቅ (mänduḳ, “rifle”)
    • → Persian: بندق (bondoq), فندق (fondoq, fandoq, “hazelnut”) (see there for further descendants), بندوق (bonduq, “rifle”)
      • → Gujarati: બંદૂક (bandūk)
      • → Hindi: बंदूक़ (bandūq), बन्दूक (bandūk)
        • → English: bundook
        • → Telugu: బందూకు (bandūku)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: بندق (bunduk)
      • → Urdu: بندوق (bunduq)
    • → Mehri: məndáwḳ (“rifle”)
    • → Shehri: məndíḳ
    • → Swahili: bunduki (“rifle”) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Tigre: መንዱቅ (mänduḳ)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܦܢܕܩܐ (pendəqā)
  (possibly)
• Latin: nux Pontica (calque)

References

• “Ποντικόν κάρυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aʿlam, H. (2014 March 29 (last accessed)) “HAZELNUT”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York
• Bläsing, Uwe (2019) “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 25–27