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Where does “yer fıstığı” come from?

yer fıstığı (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish یر فستغی, from Ottoman Turkish فستق, from Persian فستق, from Arabic فِسْتَق, from Middle Persian pstk', from Old Persian *pistaka.

yer fıstığı (Turkish): peanut

Definitions

  1. peanut

Ancestry of “yer fıstığı”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ottoman Turkishیر فستغی—
2Ottoman Turkishفستق—
3Persianفستق—
4Arabicفِسْتَق—
5Middle Persianpstk'pistachio nut
6Old Persian*pistaka—
Every word from Old Persian *pistaka →