fistiq

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq), Middle Persian pstk' (pistag). Cognate with Persian پسته (peste).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɪsˈtɪq/

Noun

fistiq f (Arabic spelling فستق)

1. pistachio

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) “fistiq”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary‎^[1], with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, page 198