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Карандаш · From 16–17th century Russian. Borrowed from Turk karataş (“black slate”), kara (“black”) + taş (“stone”), Tatar кара таш (qara taş, “graphite, black lead” · https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/карандаш
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Карандаш is a loanword originally from Turkish, as far as I know. In Turkish kara daş means 'graphite' or 'pencil', but literally 'black stone'.
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There is a French company by the name of Caran d"Ache producing high-class coloured pencils.
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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.
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I always confuse pen and pencil. Pen = pen, pencil = potlood. One of these days, I'll manage.
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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.
