ֆստըխ

Armenian

Pistachios

Etymology

From Middle Armenian ֆստուխ (fstux), ultimately from Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq). In some dialects, from Ottoman Turkish فستق (fıstık). Doublet of պիստակ (pistak) and ֆիստաշկա (fistaška).

Pronunciation

Noun

ֆստըխ • (fstəx) (dialectal)

  1. pistachio (nut)
    Synonym: պիստակ (pistak)
  2. pine nut
    • ca. 1680–1684, Baṙ girg taliani [An Armenian–Italian Dictionary published in Venice] page 64:[1]
      ֆստուղ․ փինեօլի
      fstuġ; pʻineōli
      ֆստուղ (fstuġ) = pinoli

Declension

Alternative forms

  • ֆըստըխ (fəstəx), ֆստխ (fstx), ֆստուղ (fstuġ), ֆստուխ (fstux), փստուղ (pʻstuġ), փստուխ (pʻstux)

References

  1. Orengo, Alessandro (2019) “Il ԲԱՌ ԳԻՐԳ ՏԱԼԻԱՆԻ Un dizionario armeno-italiano del XVII secolo”, 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), Leuven: Peeters, page 248

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1902) “ֆըստըխ”, in Tʻurkʻerēni azdecʻutʻiwnə hayerēni vray ew tʻurkʻerēnē pʻoxaṙeal baṙerə Pōlsi hay žoġovrdakan lezuin mēǰ hamematutʻeamb Vani, Ġarabaġi ew Nor-Naxiǰewani barbaṙnerun [The influence of Turkish on Armenian, and the Turkish borrowings in the vernacular Armenian of Constantinople in comparison with the dialects of Van, Karabakh and Nor Nakhichevan] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 3) (in Armenian), Moscow and Vagharshapat: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 375
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