pstk'

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Middle Persian

Etymology

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Noun

pstk' (pistag)

  1. (Book Pahlavi) pistachio nut

Descendants

taking Middle Persian as representative for all Middle Iranian

References

  • 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
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “pistag”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 69
  • Lokotsch, Karl (1927) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der europäischen Wörter orientalischen Ursprungs (in German), Heidelberg: Carl Winter’s Universitätsbuchhandlung, § 1664, page 133b