فُسْتُقٌ
Root: فستق
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فُسْتُقٌ
and فُسْتَقٌ, the latter the more agreeable with the original, which is پِسْتَه, a Pers. word, for from this each is arabicized; [The pistachio-nut, pistacia vera of Linn.;] a certain fruit; [in the Msb بقل; perhaps a mistranscription for نقل, i. e. نَقْلٌ, a certain fruit that is eaten with wine;] well known: said in a verse of Aboo-Nukheyleh to be مِنَ البُقُولِ: thus, and thus only, with ب, the phrase is related: if it were من النُّقُولِ, the mistake would be removed: Az says that the فستقة [which is the n. un.] is a fruit of a well-known tree: and AHn says, “ It has not come to my knowledge that it grows in the land of the Arabs: ” it is good for the liver, and the mouth of the stomach, and the colic, and the odour of the mouth. (K. [In the CK, النَّهَكَةِ is put for النَّكْهَةِ.]) The vulgar pronounce the word with fet-h [to the ف, saying فَسْتُق: and many of them say فِسْتُق].
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