پالاموت

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• پالامود (palamud), پالامید (palamıd)

Etymology 1

From Byzantine Greek παλαμίδα (palamída, “Atlantic bonito”), from Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús).

Noun

پالاموت • (palamut)

2. Atlantic bonito

   Synonym: پچوطه (peçuta, peçota)

Descendants

• → Armenian: փալամուտ (pʻalamut), բալամուտ (balamut)

Etymology 2

From Byzantine Greek βαλανίδι(ον) (balanídi(on), “acorn”), from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos).

Noun

پالاموت • (palamut)

2. acorn

Descendants

• Turkish: palamut
• → Armenian: բալամուտ (balamut)

Further reading

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “پالاموت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 314
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “پالاموت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 435
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “palamut”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3756
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “palamut”, in Nişanyan Sözlük