بندقي

Arabic

Etymology

Backformation of الْبُنْدُقِيَّة (al-bunduqiyya, “Venice”). Compare بُنْدُقِيَّة (bunduqiyya).

Noun

بُنْدُقِي • (bunduqī) f

ducat, gold coin minted in Venice.

Descendants

→ Malay: bunduki

References

Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “بندقي”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Lane, Edward William (1863) “بندقي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بندقي”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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