Persian

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Etymology

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From Middle Persian *pūdīnag, [script needed] (pūdanag). Akin to Mazanderani پتنیک (petenik), Northern Kurdish pûng (Mentha pulegium), Arabic فُوذَنَج (fūḏanaj, Mentha pulegium). Earlier also *pūtīnag and *pūtanag, whence Arabic فُوتَنَج (fūtanaj), Classical Syriac ܦܘܛܢܐ (puṭənā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פוּטְנַק (pūṭənaq), פוּטְנַג (pūṭənag). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? pūḏina
Dari reading? pūdina
Iranian reading? pudene
Tajik reading? pudina

Noun

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پودنه (classical pûdina, iranian pudene)

  1. (archaic) mint
  2. Alternative form of پونه (pune, pennyroyal)

Descendants

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