պիստակ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պիստակ (pistak). Doublet of ֆստըխ (fstəx) and ֆիստաշկա (fistaška).

Pronunciation

Noun

պիստակ • (pistak)

  1. pistachio (fruit)
    Synonyms: ֆստըխ (fstəx), ֆիստաշկա (fistaška)

Declension

Derived terms

  • պիստակագոյն (pistakagoyn)
  • պիստակավաճառ (pistakavačaṙ)
  • պիստակենի (pistakeni)

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պստակ (pstak)

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *pistak. See Middle Persian pstk' (pistag).

Noun

պիստակ • (pistak)

  1. pistachio (the fruit of Pistacia)
    • 7th century, Anania Širakacʻi, Ašxarhacʻoycʻ [Geography] :
      Աղձնիք ունի [] եւ գազպէն, եւ մեղր եւ մշտամիրգ, եւ պիստակ, եւ երկաթ, եւ նաւթ։
      Ałjnikʻ uni [] ew gazpēn, ew mełr ew mštamirg, ew pistak, ew erkatʻ, ew nawtʻ.

Descendants

  • Armenian: պիստակ (pistak)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պիստակ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պիստակ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “պիստակ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պիստակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 85ab
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