پسته

See also: پستہ

Khalaj

Noun

پِسته (pistə) (definite accusative پِسته‌نی, plural پِسته‌لَر)

1. Arabic spelling of pistə (“pistachio”)

Declension

Declension of پسته

	singular	plural
nominative	پسته	پسته‌لَر
genitive	پسته‌ݧ	پسته‌لَریݧ
dative	پسته‌که	پسته‌لَرکه
definite accusative	پسته‌ݧ	پسته‌لَری
locative	پسته‌چه	پسته‌لَرچه
ablative	پسته‌ده	پسته‌لَرده
instrumental	پسته‌له	پسته‌لَرله
equative	پسته‌واره	پسته‌لَرواره

Pashto

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian پِسْتَه (pista).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɪsta/

Noun

پسته • (pistá) f

1. pistachio

References

• “پسته”, in Pashto Dictionary, Peshawar, Pakistan: Pukhtoogle, 2020.
• Pashtoon, Zeeya A. (2009), “پسته”, in Pashto–English Dictionary, Hyattsville: Dunwoody Press

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian pstk' (/⁠pistag⁠/, “pistachio nut”), from Old Persian *pistaka, attested as Elamite [script needed] (pi-iš-tuk-ka₄ /⁠pistaka⁠/, “pistachio nut”). Related to Persian بسته (busta / boste, “nut”), cognate with Sanskrit बुस्त (busta, “husk or shell of fruit”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /pis.ˈta/

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɪs.t̪ʰá]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰɪs.t̪ʰá]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [pʰɪs.t̪ʰá]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [pʰis.t̪ʰá]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰes.t̪ʰé]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [pʰis.t̪ʰá]

Readings
Classical reading?	pista
Dari reading?	pista
Iranian reading?	peste
Tajik reading?	pista

• Audio (Iran):

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Noun

پسته • (pista / peste) (plural پسته‌ها (pista-hā / peste-hâ), Tajik spelling писта)

1. pistachio

Derived terms

• مغز پسته (maġz-e peste)
• مغزپسته‌ای (maġz-e-peste'i)
• پسته خندان (peste-ye xandân)

Descendants

See also descendants from Old and Middle Iranian at pstk'.

• → Azerbaijani: püstə
• → Bengali: পেস্তা (pesta)
• → Georgian: ფისტა (pisṭa)
• → Gujarati: પિસ્તા (pistā)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: पिस्ता (pistā)

  Urdu: پستا (pistā), پستہ (pista)

  • → English: pista

• → Kazakh: пісте (pıste)
• → Khalaj: pistə
• → Marathi: पिस्ता (pistā)
• → Odia: ପେସ୍ତା (pestā)
• → Ottoman Turkish: پسته (piste)
• → Pashto: پسته (pistá)
• → Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi script: ਪਿਸਤਾ (pistā)

  Shahmukhi script: پستا (pistā), پستہ (pista)

• → Sindhi:

  Devanagari script: पिस्तो (pisto)

  Arabic script: پستو (pisto)

• → Tatar: пестә (pestä)
• → Turkmen: pisse
• → Uzbek: pista

Further reading

• Hayyim, Sulayman (1934), “پسته”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim
• Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “پسته”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press.