نکانک
Persian
Alternative forms
- نقانق (naqânaq), نکانه (nakâne)
Etymology
From Aramaic נוקניק (nūqānīq), variant of לוקניק (lūqānīq), from Byzantine Greek λουκάνικον (loukánikon), λουκάνικα (loukánika), from Latin lūcānica (“sausage from Lūcānia”). Cognate to Greek λουκάνικο (loukániko), Arabic نُقَانِق (nuqāniq), لُقَانِق (luqāniq), Hebrew נַקְנִיק (naqnīq).
Noun
نکانک • (nakânak)
- (archaic) sausage
References
- Dehkhoda, Ali-Akbar (1931–), “نکانک”, in Dehkhoda Dictionary Institute, editors, Dehkhoda Dictionary (in Persian), Tehran: University of Tehran Press