بندق

Arabic

بُنْدُق

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon, literally nut of Pontus).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bun.duq/
    • (Hejazi) IPA(key): /bunduɡ/

Noun

بُنْدُق (bunduq) m (collective, singulative بُنْدُقَة f (bunduqa), plural بَنَادِق (banādiq))

  1. hazelnuts
  2. (archaic or historical) a kind of small projectiles or cartridges thereof (commonly in the phrase بُنْدُق الرَصَاص(bunduq al-raṣāṣ))
  3. (dialectal, Yemen, Oman, rural Egypt) rifles

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References

  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 349
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