"Где мой карандаш?"

Translation: Where is my pencil?

[Mungome]

This word карандаш reminds me of the mountain Caradhras.

[MarkHopman]

Isn't this a brand name?

[Vortarulo]

Карандаш is a loanword originally from Turkish, as far as I know. In Turkish kara daş means 'graphite' or 'pencil', but literally 'black stone'.

[mightypotatoe]

What do you mean?

[MarkHopman]

http://www.carandache.com/en/ This is what I meant haha

[mightypotatoe]

From their Wikipedia page it appears that the name did originate from the Russian word for pencil.

[megangarita]

I had no idea! This is fascinating! Thank you

[CatMcCat]

All this time I thought they were called "crayons d'Arche" because that's how the artist I knew pronounced it. :-)

[YoSoyTaco]

Can some please explain why the <<а> is dropped in this example?

[adriholm]

Yes, shouldn't there be a genitive ending on pencil?

[Vortarulo]

No, the noun is in the nominative, it's "Where is my pencil?", not "Where is my pencil's?".

[Vortarulo]

Which «a»? The nominative of the word is карандаш.

[glasharry]

Pen should be accepted too, right?

[mightypotatoe]

pen would be ручка, карандаш only means pencil

[findich]

карандаш reminds me on the famous TV-clown in the 80's

[isek2001]

There is a French company by the name of Caran d"Ache producing high-class coloured pencils.

[Zabou70]

In fact, Caran d Ache is a Swiss company, with high quality pencils ;-)

[Vortarulo]

Both the company name and the word for pencil are taken from Turkish (or maybe some other Turkic language) "kara taş", which means 'black stone'. I think it came from Turkic into Russian, and then was borrowed for the French company name.

[Dimidov]

I always confuse pen and pencil. Pen = pen, pencil = potlood. One of these days, I'll manage.

[SCP-DUO]

Он ест мой карандаш

[zeedzaad]

How to type Ударение in phone keyboard?

[TugRulz]

карандаш sounds like Turkic "qarindash" (kardeş in Turkish), which means brother haha. Though it does not mean that, it is borrowed from Turkish/Tatarsky the phrase "kara taş" which means "black stone." literally.

[Jessi823548]

I wrote pen.. is that not the same thing?

[Monogordo]

As someone explained above, "pen would be ручка, карандаш only means pencil".