نکانک

Persian

Alternative forms

نقانق (naqânaq), نکانه (nakâne)

Etymology

From Aramaic נוקניק (nūqānīq), variant of לוקניק (lūqānīq), from Byzantine Greek λουκάνικον (loukánikon), λουκάνικα (loukánika), from Latin lūcānica (“sausage from Lūcānia”). Cognate to Greek λουκάνικο (loukániko), Arabic نُقَانِق (nuqāniq), لُقَانِق (luqāniq), Hebrew נַקְנִיק (naqnīq).

Noun

نکانک • (nakânak)

(archaic) sausage

References

Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–) “نکانک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press

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