پودنه

Persian

Alternative forms

• پودینه (pudine)

Etymology

From Middle Persian *pūdīnag, [script needed] (pūdanag). Akin to Mazanderani پتنیک (pëtënik), Kurdish, Arabic فُوذَنَج (fūḏanaj, “Mentha pulegium”). Earlier also *pūtīnag and *pūtanag, whence Arabic فُوتَنَج (fūtanaj), Classical Syriac ܦܘܛܢܐ (puṭənā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פוּטְנַק (pūṭənaq), פוּטְנַג (pūṭənag). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

پودنه • (Classical pūdina, Iranian pudene)

1. (archaic) mint
2. Alternative form of پونه (pune, “pennyroyal”)

Descendants

• → Assamese: পদিনা (podina)
• → Bengali: পুদিনা (pudina)
• → Gujarati: ફુદીનો (phudīno)
• → Hindi: पुदीना (pudīnā)
  • → English: pudina
  • → Burmese: ပူဒီနာ (pudina)
  • → Malay: pudina
  • → Tamil: புதினா (putiṉā)
• → Kannada: ಪುದೀನ (pudīna)
• → Konkani: पुदीन (pudīn)
• → Malayalam: പുതിന (putina)
• → Marathi: पुदिना (pudinā)
• → Middle Armenian: պուտինա (putina), պուտինայ (putinay)
• → Punjabi: ਪੁਦੀਨਾ (pudīnā) / پُدینا (pudenā)
• → Sanskrit: पुदीन (pudīna) (first attested in Nighaṇṭu Ratnākara, 16th century)
• → Telugu: పుదీనా (pudīnā)
• → Tamil: புதினா (putiṉā)