pastegh

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noun

a kind of Armenian fruit leather made by simmering mashed fruits and berries, then drying the thickened substance in sheets

OriginArmenian պաստեղ (pasteł) ← Ancient Greek πάστιλλος (pástillos) ← Latin pastillus →
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Meanings

nounpastegh (usually uncountable, plural pasteghs)

plural pasteghs · alternative bastegh

  1. uncountableusuallya kind of Armenian fruit leather made by simmering mashed fruits and berries, then drying the thickened substance in sheets

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂s-?
  3. Proto-Italic*pāstnis
  4. Latinpastillus
  5. Ancient Greekπάστιλλος (pástillos)
  6. Armenianպաստեղ (pasteł)
  7. Englishpastegh

Borrowed from Armenian պաստեղ (pasteł), from Middle Armenian պաստեղ (pasteł), from Old Armenian *պաստեղ (*pasteł), borrowed from Ancient Greek πάστιλλος (pástillos), borrowed from Latin pastillus (“pastille”), from Archaic Latin *pāstin-los, from *pāstṇlos, from *pāstn-elos, from Proto-Italic *pāstnis + *-elos. Doublet of pastel, pastiglia, pastila, pastilla, and pastille.

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Translations

Polish pestil
  • pestilkind of fruit leather
Turkish pestil
  • pestilkind of fruit leather
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