պնդուկ

Armenian

պնդուկներ

Alternative forms

Etymology

A dialectal word which has been adopted as the standard designation of hazelnut. From Arabic بُنْدُق (bunduq, hazelnut). Contaminated with պնդ- (pnd-, durable, strong) and the suffix -ուկ (-uk). The earliest attestation of the form պնդուկ (pnduk) is from 1633. Middle Armenian has պնդուխ (pndux), պնտուխ (pntux), ֆնտուխ (fntux) from the 15th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

պնդուկ (pnduk)

  1. hazelnut
    Synonym: (dialectal) տկողին (tkołin)

Declension

Derived terms

  • պնդուկենի (pndukeni)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պնդեղ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 93a
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), պնդուկ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • 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
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