pndk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [κάρυον] Ποντικόν (Pontikón, “Pontic nut”), from the hazelnut's indigenousness and abundance in the area of Pontus.

Noun

pndk' • (*pondik)

1. (Book Pahlavi) hazelnut

Descendants

• Persian: پندک (pondok)
• → Arabic: بُنْدُق (bunduq), فُنْدُق (funduq), بُنْدُوق (bundūq) — archaic, dialectal
  • Andalusian Arabic: بندق (bunduq)
  • Hijazi Arabic: بندق (bundug)
    • → Portuguese: almôndega
    • → Ladino: albóndiga
    • → Spanish: albóndiga, almóndiga (obsolete or nonstandard)
      • 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)
    • → Punjabi: ਬੰਦੂਕ਼ (bandūq), بندوق (bndoq)
    • → Ottoman Turkish: بندق (bundûq)
    • → Urdu: بندوق (bandūq)
  • → Mehri: məndáwḳ (“rifle”)
  • → Shehri: məndíḳ
  • → Swahili: bunduki (“rifle”) (see there for further descendants)
  • → Tigre: መንዱቅ (mänduḳ)
• → Classical Syriac: ܦܢܕܩܐ (pendəqā)

See also

• Wiktionary:Middle Persian transliteration

References

• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pondik”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 69