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ف س ت ق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the pistachio nut and its tree. It also includes a place name and a personal title derived from this primary meaning.

Derived headwords

الفستقnoun
  1. 1.
    pistachioboth

    The nut of the pistachio tree, a well-known fruit.

فستقةnoun
  1. 1.
    pistachioclassical

    The pistachio nut, described as a Persian word.

  2. 2.
    titleclassical

    A title given to a hadith narrator.

فستقانname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A town located in Merv.

Parallel reading

الفستق أهمله الجوهري، وهو كقنفذ على المشهور.
The pistachio, Al-Jawhari neglected it, and it is like 'qunfudh' according to the famous opinion.
ومثل جندب، م.
And like 'jundab', m.
وهكذا رواه الدينوري في قول أبي نخيلة الآتي ذكره.
And thus Al-Dinawari narrated it in the saying of Abu Nakhila, who will be mentioned later.
قال الصاغاني: وهو أوفق لأنه معرب بسته بكسر الباء الفارسية وفتح التاء.
Al-Saghani said: And it is more fitting because it is an Arabized word from 'bisteh' with a kasra on the Persian 'ba' and a fatha on the 'ta'.
وقال الأزهري: الفستقة فارسية معربة: وهي ثمرة شجرة معروفة.
Al-Azhari said: 'Fustaqah' is an Arabized Persian word: and it is the fruit of a known tree.
قال أبو حنيفة: لم يبلغني أنه ينبت بأرض العرب، وقد ذكره أبو نخيلة السعدي، فقال ووصف امرأة:
Abu Hanifa said: It has not reached me that it grows in the land of the Arabs, and Abu Nakhila Al-Sa'di mentioned it, and he said while describing a woman:
دستية لم تأكل المرققا ولم تذق من البقول الفستقا
A noblewoman who did not eat refined food and did not taste pistachios from the legumes.
سمع به فظنه من البقول.
He heard it and thought it was from the legumes.
وتمحل بعضهم، فقال: إنما هو من النقول بالنون، قال الصاغاني: ولكن الرواية بالباء لا غير، وهو نافع للكبد وفم المعدة والمغص والنكهة.
And some tried to find an excuse, saying: It is actually from 'nuqul' with a 'nun'. Al-Saghani said: But the narration is with a 'ba' and nothing else, and it is beneficial for the liver, the stomach's opening, colic, and bad breath.
وفستقان، بالضم: ة بمرو.
And 'Fustaqan', with damma, is a town in Merv.
وفستقة: لقب محدث.
And 'Fustaqah': a title of a hadith narrator.