фисташка

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فستق (fıstıq) (modern Turkish fıstık), from Persian فستق (fostoq, fostaq), from Arabic فِسْتَق (fistaq), of Iranian origin (compare Middle Persian pstk' (pistag)). The ending is influenced by French pistache and the diminutive suffix -ка (-ka). Cognate with English pistachio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʲɪˈstaʂkə]

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Noun

фиста́шка • (fistáška) f inan (genitive фиста́шки, nominative plural фиста́шки, genitive plural фиста́шек, relational adjective фиста́шковый)

1. pistachio (nut)

Declension

Declension of фиста́шка (inan fem-form velar-stem accent-a reduc) 

	singular	plural
nominative	фиста́шка fistáška	фиста́шки fistáški
genitive	фиста́шки fistáški	фиста́шек fistášek
dative	фиста́шке fistáške	фиста́шкам fistáškam
accusative	фиста́шку fistášku	фиста́шки fistáški
instrumental	фиста́шкой, фиста́шкою fistáškoj, fistáškoju	фиста́шками fistáškami
prepositional	фиста́шке fistáške	фиста́шках fistáškax

Descendants

• → Armenian: ֆիստաշկա (fistaška)
• → Bashkir: фисташка
• → Georgian: ფისტაშკა (pisṭašḳa) (informal)
• → Polish: fistaszek
• → Yiddish: פֿיסטאַשקע (fistashke)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “фисташка”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
• Krysin, L. M. (2006) “фисташка”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ inojazyčnyx slov [Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words] (in Russian), Moscow: Eksmo