pähkel

Estonian

Sarapuupähkel
Kreeka pähkel

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *pähkä, from Proto-Finno-Permic *päškɜ. Cognates include Finnish pähkinä, Votic pähtšene, Livonian pē’gõz, Veps pähkim, Ingrian päähkänä, Erzya пеште (pešťe), Moksha пяште (päšťe), Eastern Mari пӱкш (pükš), Udmurt пашпу (pašpu, hazelnut bush) and possibly also Komi-Zyrian пашкан (paškan, rosehip).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpæhkel/, [ˈpæhkel]
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -æhkel
  • Hyphenation: päh‧kel

Noun

pähkel (genitive pähkli, partitive pähklit)

  1. nut
    1. (figurative, usually with an adjective) hard nut to crack, tough nut to crack

Declension

Derived terms

  • pähkline

Compounds

  • kookospähkel
  • maapähkel
  • metspähkel
  • muskaatpähkel
  • pähklipuu
  • sarapuupähkel

References

  • pähkel in Sõnaveeb
  • M. Langemets, M. Tiits, T. Valdre, L. Veskis, Ü. Viks, P. Voll, editors (2009), pähkel”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (online dictionary, in Estonian), 2nd edition, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation)
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