pndk'

Middle Persian

Etymology

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

Noun

pndk' • (*pondik)

(Book Pahlavi) hazelnut

Descendants

Persian: پندک (pondok)
→ Arabic: بُنْدُق (bunduq), فُنْدُق (funduq), بُنْدُوق (bundūq) — archaic, dialectal
- Andalusian Arabic: بندق (bunduq)
  - → Portuguese: almôndega
  - → Ladino: albóndiga
  - → Spanish: albóndiga, almóndiga (obsolete or nonstandard)
    - Chavacano: albóndiga
- Hijazi Arabic: بندق (bundug)
- → 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: बन्दूक़ (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