بندق

Arabic

بُنْدُق

Alternative forms

• فُنْدُق (funduq), بُنْدُوق (bundūq) — archaic, dialectal

Etymology

From Middle Persian pndk' (pondik, “hazelnut”), from Ancient Greek [κάρυον] Ποντικόν (Pontikón, “Pontic nut”), q.v. From hazelnuts, the sense spread to similarly shaped pebbles used in slings and similar projectile weapons and then to early muskets. In some dialects, the word then came to be used for the slingshots and muskets themselves.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bun.duq/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /bun.duɡ/, [bʊn.dʊɡ]

Noun

بُنْدُق • (bunduq) m (collective, singulative بُنْدُقَة f (bunduqa), plural بَنَادِق (banādiq))

1. hazelnut
2. (archaic or historical) bullet

   بُنْدُق الرَصَاص

   bunduq ar-raṣāṣ

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3. (dialectal, Yemen, Oman, rustic Egypt) gun, rifle

Declension

Declension of noun بُنْدُق (bunduq)

Collective	basic collective triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنْدُق bunduq	الْبُنْدُق al-bunduq	بُنْدُق bunduq
Nominative	بُنْدُقٌ bunduqun	الْبُنْدُقُ al-bunduqu	بُنْدُقُ bunduqu
Accusative	بُنْدُقًا bunduqan	الْبُنْدُقَ al-bunduqa	بُنْدُقَ bunduqa
Genitive	بُنْدُقٍ bunduqin	الْبُنْدُقِ al-bunduqi	بُنْدُقِ bunduqi
Singulative	singulative triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنْدُقَة bunduqa	الْبُنْدُقَة al-bunduqa	بُنْدُقَة bunduqat
Nominative	بُنْدُقَةٌ bunduqatun	الْبُنْدُقَةُ al-bunduqatu	بُنْدُقَةُ bunduqatu
Accusative	بُنْدُقَةً bunduqatan	الْبُنْدُقَةَ al-bunduqata	بُنْدُقَةَ bunduqata
Genitive	بُنْدُقَةٍ bunduqatin	الْبُنْدُقَةِ al-bunduqati	بُنْدُقَةِ bunduqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنْدُقَتَيْن bunduqatayn	الْبُنْدُقَتَيْن al-bunduqatayn	بُنْدُقَتَيْ bunduqatay
Nominative	بُنْدُقَتَانِ bunduqatāni	الْبُنْدُقَتَانِ al-bunduqatāni	بُنْدُقَتَا bunduqatā
Accusative	بُنْدُقَتَيْنِ bunduqatayni	الْبُنْدُقَتَيْنِ al-bunduqatayni	بُنْدُقَتَيْ bunduqatay
Genitive	بُنْدُقَتَيْنِ bunduqatayni	الْبُنْدُقَتَيْنِ al-bunduqatayni	بُنْدُقَتَيْ bunduqatay
Paucal (3-10)	sound feminine paucal
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بُنْدُقَات bunduqāt	الْبُنْدُقَات al-bunduqāt	بُنْدُقَات bunduqāt
Nominative	بُنْدُقَاتٌ bunduqātun	الْبُنْدُقَاتُ al-bunduqātu	بُنْدُقَاتُ bunduqātu
Accusative	بُنْدُقَاتٍ bunduqātin	الْبُنْدُقَاتِ al-bunduqāti	بُنْدُقَاتِ bunduqāti
Genitive	بُنْدُقَاتٍ bunduqātin	الْبُنْدُقَاتِ al-bunduqāti	بُنْدُقَاتِ bunduqāti
Plural of variety	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	بَنَادِق banādiq	الْبَنَادِق al-banādiq	بَنَادِق banādiq
Nominative	بَنَادِقُ banādiqu	الْبَنَادِقُ al-banādiqu	بَنَادِقُ banādiqu
Accusative	بَنَادِقَ banādiqa	الْبَنَادِقَ al-banādiqa	بَنَادِقَ banādiqa
Genitive	بَنَادِقَ banādiqa	الْبَنَادِقِ al-banādiqi	بَنَادِقِ banādiqi

Derived terms

• بُنْدُقِيَّة (bunduqiyya, “gun, rifle”)
• كَسَّارَة بُنْدُق (kassārat bunduq, “nutcracker”)

Descendants

• Andalusian Arabic: بندق (bunduq)
• Hijazi Arabic: بندق (bundug)
  • → Portuguese: almôndega
  • → Ladino: albóndiga
  • → Spanish: albóndiga, almóndiga
    • Chavacano: albóndiga
• → Amharic: ቡንዱቅ (bunduḳ)
• → Armenian: պնդուկ (pnduk)
• → French: bonduc
  • → English: bonduc
• → Ge'ez: መንዱቅ (mänduḳ, “rifle”)
• → Persian: بندق (bondoq), فندق (fondoq, fandoq, “hazelnut”) (see there for further descendants), بندوق (bonduq, “rifle”)
  • → Gujarati: બંદૂક (bandūk)
  • → Hindi: बंदूक़ (bandūq), बन्दूक (bandūk)
    • → English: bundook
    • → Telugu: బందూకు (bandūku)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: بندق (bunduk)
  • → Urdu: بندوق (bunduq)
• → Mehri: məndáwḳ (“rifle”)
• → Shehri: məndíḳ
• → Swahili: bunduki (“rifle”) (see there for further descendants)
• → Tigre: መንዱቅ (mänduḳ)

References

• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 349