Ποντικόν κάρυον

From Ποντικόν (Pontikón, “of Pontus”), from Πόντος (Póntos, “Pontus, a region on the southeastern shores of the Black Sea”), + κάρυον (káruon, “nut”). The name is referring to the fruit’s indigenousness and abundance in Pontus. Compare Latin nux Pontica (“hazelnut”).

Ποντικόν κάρυον • (Pontikón káruon)

1. hazelnut

• καρύα Ποντικά (karúa Pontiká)

• → Middle Persian: [script needed] (pndk' /*pondik/) (possibly)
  • Persian: پندک‎ (pondok)
  • → Arabic: بُنْدُق‎ (bunduq), فُنْدُق‎ (funduq), بُنْدُوق‎ (bundūq)
    • Andalusian Arabic: بندق‎ (bunduq)
      • → Portuguese: almôndega
      • → Ladino: albóndiga
      • → Spanish: 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)
      • → Ottoman Turkish: بندق‎ (bunduk)
      • → Urdu: بندوق‎ (bunduq)
    • → Mehri: məndáwḳ (“rifle”)
    • → Shehri: məndíḳ
    • → Swahili: bunduki (“rifle”) (see there for further descendants)
    • → Portuguese: almôndega
    • → Spanish: albóndiga
    • → Tigre: መንዱቅ (mänduḳ)
  • → Classical Syriac: ܦܢܕܩܐ‎ (pendəqā)

• “Ποντικόν κάρυον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Aʿlam, H. (accessed 29 March 2014), “HAZELNUT”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition‎, New York
• Bläsing, Uwe (2019), “Die armenischen Pflanzennamen in Peter Simon Pallas’ Flora Rossica. Eine Studie zu Etymologie und sprachlicher Interaktion”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15) (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 25–27