Where does “bandook” come from?
bandook (English) comes from Hindi बंदूक़, from Classical Persian بندوق, from Arabic بندق, from Arabic بُنْدُق, from Middle Persian pndk', from Ancient Greek Ποντικόν κάρυον, from Ancient Greek ποντικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός — -y, -ic.
bandook (English): A gun
Definitions
- A gun
Ancestry of “bandook”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hindi | बंदूक़ | gun, rifle |
| 2 | Classical Persian | بندوق | — |
| 3 | Arabic | بندق | hazelnuts; a kind of small projectiles or... |
| 4 | Arabic | بُنْدُق | hazelnut, filbert; hazelnut, bullet; hazelnut;... |
| 5 | Middle Persian | pndk' | hazelnut |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ποντικόν κάρυον | hazelnut |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ποντικός | Pontic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |