карандаш

Belarusian

Etymology

Borrowing from a Turkic language.

Noun

каранда́ш • (karandáš) m inan (genitive карандаша́, nominative plural карандаши́)

1. pencil

Synonyms

• аловак (alóvak)

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Russian

Alternative forms

• карандашъ (karandaš) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

Etymology

In Russian from the 16–17th centuries. Borrowing from a Turkic language. Compare Turkish karataş (“black slate”), composed of kara (“black”) + taş (“stone”), Tatar кара таш (qara taş, “graphite, black lead”). The origin of epenthetic -н- (-n-) is unclear. Perhaps it was added in colloquial Russian speech to ease the pronunciation. Compare каланча́ (kalančá) for the same epenthesis.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [kərɐnˈdaʂ]

Noun

каранда́ш • (karandáš) m inan (genitive карандаша́, nominative plural карандаши́, genitive plural карандаше́й)

1. pencil

   У тебя́ есть каранда́ш? ― U tebjá jestʹ karandáš? ― Do you have a pencil?

Declension

Declension of каранда́ш (inan masc-form sibilant-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	каранда́ш karandáš	карандаши́ karandaší
genitive	карандаша́ karandašá	карандаше́й karandašéj
dative	карандашу́ karandašú	карандаша́м karandašám
accusative	каранда́ш karandáš	карандаши́ karandaší
instrumental	карандашо́м karandašóm	карандаша́ми karandašámi
prepositional	карандаше́ karandašé	карандаша́х karandašáx

Descendants

• → Kildin Sami: карндашш (karndašš)

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “карандаш”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

vol=1 Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “карандаш”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN

• Shaposhnikov, A. K. (2010) “карандаш”, in Этимологический словарь современного русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, →ISBN, page 379