پودنه

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian *pūdīnag, [script needed] (pūdanag). Akin to Mazanderani پتنیک (petenik), Northern Kurdish pûng (Mentha pulegium), Arabic فُوذَنَج (fūḏanaj, Mentha pulegium). Earlier also *pūtīnag and *pūtanag, whence Arabic فُوتَنَج (fūtanaj), Classical Syriac ܦܘܛܢܐ (puṭənā), Jewish Babylonian Aramaic פוּטְנַק (pūṭənaq), פוּטְנַג (pūṭənag), Old Georgian პიტნაკი (ṗiṭnaḳi). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? pūdina
Dari reading? pūdina
Iranian reading? pudene
Tajik reading? pudina

Noun

پودنه • (pūdina / pudene) (Tajik spelling пудина)

  1. (archaic) mint
  2. alternative form of پونه (pūna / pune, pennyroyal)

Descendants

  • Assamese: পদিনা (podina)
  • Bengali: পুদিনা (pudina)
  • Georgian: პიტნა (ṗiṭna)
    • Armenian: պիտնա (pitna)
    • Laz: პიტნე (p̌iťne)
    • Mingrelian: პიტინე (ṗiṭine)
    • Svan: პიტნა̈ჲ (ṗiṭnäy)
  • Gujarati: ફુદીનો (phudīno)
  • Hindi: पुदीना (pudīnā)
  • Kannada: ಪುದೀನ (pudīna)
  • Konkani: पुदीन (pudīn)
  • Malayalam: പുതിന (putina)
  • Marathi: पुदिना (pudinā)
  • Middle Armenian: պուտինա (putina), պուտինայ (putinay)
  • Punjabi: ਪੁਦੀਨਾ (pudīnā) / پُدینا (pudenā)
  • Sanskrit: पुदीन (pudīna) (first attested in Nighaṇṭu Ratnākara, 16th century)
  • Telugu: పుదీనా (pudīnā)