фисташка

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فستق (fıstıq) (modern Turkish fıstık), from Persian فستق (fostoq, fostaq), from Arabic فِسْتَق (fistaq), of Iranian origin (compare Middle Persian pstk' (pistag)). The ending is influenced by French pistache. Cognate with English pistachio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [fʲɪˈstaʂkə]
  • (file)

Noun

фиста́шка (fistáška) f inan (genitive фиста́шки, nominative plural фиста́шки, genitive plural фиста́шек)

  1. pistachio (nut)

Declension

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), фисташка”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), translated from German and supplemented by Trubačev O. N., Moscow: Progress
  • Krysin, L. M. (2006), фисташка”, in Tolkovyj slovarʹ inojazyčnyx slov [Explanatory Dictionary of Foreign Words] (in Russian), Moscow: Eksmo
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