Arabic

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بُنْدُق

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, hazelnut), from Ancient Greek [κάρυον] Ποντικόν (Pontikón, Pontic nut), q.v. From hazelnuts, the sense spread to similarly shaped pebbles used in slings and similar projectile weapons and then to early muskets. In some dialects, the word then came to be used for the slingshots and muskets themselves.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /bun.duq/
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /bun.duɡ/, [bʊn.dʊɡ]

Noun

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بُنْدُق (bunduqm (collective, singulative بُنْدُقَة f (bunduqa), plural بَنَادِق (banādiq))

  1. hazelnut
  2. (archaic or historical) bullet
    بُنْدُق الرَصَاص
    bunduq ar-raṣāṣ
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  3. (dialectal, Yemen, Oman, rustic Egypt) gun, rifle

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References

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  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 349