قنداق

Arabic

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κοντάκιον (kontákion), diminutive of Byzantine Greek κόνταξ (kóntax, “pole”), diminutive of κοντός (kontós, “pole”).

Noun

قِنْدَاق • (qindāq) m (plural قَنَادِيق‎ (qanādīq))

  1. (obsolete) scroll, roll of writing, volumen
  2. (Christianity) prayer book, missal, kontakion
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قونداق‎ (kundak, “bundle, faggot; rifle butt”), from Byzantine Greek κοντάκιον (kontákion), diminutive of Byzantine Greek κόνταξ (kóntax, “pole”), diminutive of κοντός (kontós, “pole”).

Alternative forms

  • قَنْدَق‎ (qandaq)

Noun

قَنْدَاق • (qandāq) m (plural قَنْدَاقَات‎ (qandāqāt) or قَنَادِيق‎ (qanādīq)) (colloquial)

  1. cloths wrapped around an infant, “baby roll”, swaddling-clothes
    • 2012 April 22, “"القنداق" و"القماط"... طقوس لباس المولود”, in eSyria‎:
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  2. (firearms) gun carriage, mount of a cannon
  3. (firearms) gunstock, rifle butt
Declension

References

  • Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881), “قنداق”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 410
  • Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 302
  • Wahrmund, Adolf (1887), “قنداق”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 530

Ottoman Turkish

Noun

قنداق • (kundak)

  1. alternative spelling of قونداق‎ (kundak)

Persian

Alternative forms

  • غنداق‎ (ğondâq), قنداغ‎ (qondâğ), قنداقه‎ (qondâqe)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قونداق‎ (kundak, kondak, “bundle, faggot; rifle butt”), from Byzantine Greek κοντάκιον (kontákion), diminutive of Byzantine Greek κόνταξ (kóntax, “pole”), diminutive of κοντός (kontós, “pole”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tajik) IPA(key): /qunˈdɔq/

Noun

قنداق • (qondâq) (plural قنداق‌ها‎ (qondâq-hâ))

  1. cloths wrapped around an infant, “baby roll”, swaddling-clothes
  2. (firearms) gun carriage, mount of a cannon
  3. (firearms) gunstock, rifle butt

References

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission)‎ (in German), volume 3, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, pages 520–522
  • Vollers, Karl (1897), “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 302
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