فستق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the pistachio nut and its tree. It is noted that the word is of Persian origin and the plant was not known to grow in the Arabian Peninsula in classical times.

Derived headwords

الفُسْتُقnoun

1.
Pistachio nutboth
The well-known pistachio nut, which is a fruit from a specific tree.

فُسْتَقَةnoun

1.
Pistachio (fruit)classical
The fruit of the pistachio tree, synonymous with the pistachio nut itself.

فُسْتَقَاnoun

1.
Pistachio (as food)classical
Refers to the pistachio nut when considered as a type of food, specifically in the context of being eaten.

Parallel reading

الفستق: معروف.

The pistachio: is well-known.

الفستقة فارسية معربة وهي ثمرة شجرة معروفة.

The pistachio (fruit) is a Persian loanword and it is the fruit of a known tree.

لم يبلغني أنه ينبت بأرض العرب؛

It has not reached me that it grows in the land of the Arabs;

وقد ذكره أبو نخيلة فقال ووصف امرأة: دستية لم تأكل المرققا، ... ولم تذق من البقول الفستقا

And Abu Nakhila mentioned it, and he described a woman: 'A noblewoman who did not eat finely ground food, ... and did not taste pistachios from the legumes.'

فسمع به فظنه من البقول.

So he heard of it and thought it was among the legumes.