фундук

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Crimean Tatar funduq, fındıq, from Ottoman Turkish فندق (funduq), from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq), from Middle Persian pndk' (pondik), shortened from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον (Pontikón káruon), from Ποντικόν (Pontikón, “of Pontus”) (a region in Turkey) + κάρυον (káruon, “nut”).

Initially (in the 19th century) denoting filbert (Corylus maxima syn. C. tubulosa) cultivated in subtropics of South Crimea, in the 20th century it began to be used interchangeably with Slavic лещи́на (leščína) (common hazel, Corylus avellana) and by the 21st century became more common.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [fʊnˈduk]

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Noun

фунду́к • (fundúk) m inan (genitive фундука́, nominative plural фундуки́, genitive plural фундуко́в)

1. hazelnut, hazel (nut)
2. filbert

Declension

Declension of фунду́к (inan masc-form velar-stem accent-b) 

	singular	plural
nominative	фунду́к fundúk	фундуки́ fundukí
genitive	фундука́ funduká	фундуко́в fundukóv
dative	фундуку́ fundukú	фундука́м fundukám
accusative	фунду́к fundúk	фундуки́ fundukí
instrumental	фундуко́м fundukóm	фундука́ми fundukámi
prepositional	фундуке́ funduké	фундука́х fundukáx

Synonyms

• (hazelnut): лесно́й оре́х (lesnój oréx)
• (filbert): ломбардский оре́х (lombardskij oréx)

References

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