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فُنْدُقٌ

Root: فندق

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فُنْدُقٌ The fruit of a certain tree, the same as the بُنْدُق, which has been mentioned before, [i. e. hazel-nut, or hazel-nuts,] or round, like the بُنْدُق, having a covering which, being removed, discloses a kernel (حَبّ), like the فُسْتُق.

def.2 And, in the dial. of the people of Syria, A [building of the kind called] خَان [q. v.], where men alight and lodge, [and in which they deposit their goods,] of the خَانَات that are in the roads, and in the cities: [said to be] a Pers. word, [app. from the Greek πανδοχεῖον occurring in Luke x. 34, as remarked by Golius,] mentioned by Sb: pl. فَنَادِقُ.
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