карандаш

Borrowing from a Turkic language.

каранда́ш • (karandáš) m inan

1. pencil

• аловак (alóvak)

• карандашъ (karandaš) (Pre-reform orthography (1918))

In Russian from the 16–17th centuries. Borrowing from a Turkic language. Compare Turkish karataş (“black slate”), composed of kara (“black”) + taş (“stone”), Tatar кара таш (qara taş, “graphite, black lead”). The origin of epenthetic -н- (-n-) is unclear. Perhaps it was added in colloquial Russian speech to ease the pronunciation. Compare каланча́ (kalančá) for the same epenthesis.

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• IPA^(key): [kərɐnˈdaʂ]

каранда́ш • (karandáš) m inan (genitive карандаша́, nominative plural карандаши́, genitive plural карандаше́й)

1. pencil

   У тебя́ есть каранда́ш? ― U tebjá jestʹ karandáš? ― Do you have a pencil?

• Vasmer, Max (1967), “карандаш”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, translated from German and supplemented by Trubačóv O. N., Moscow: Progress, page 192
• Černyx, P. Ja. (1999), “карандаш”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, 3rd reprint edition, Moscow: Russkij jazyk, page 379
• Šapošnikov, A. K. (2010), “карандаш”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ sovremennovo russkovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Contemporary Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow: Flinta; Nauka, page 379