կոկան
Armenian
Alternative forms
- գօգան (gōgan) – Poland, Hungary, Çengiler, dialectological notation
- գօգամ (gōgam) – Nor Nakhichevan, dialectological notation
- գօ̈՛գյա̈մ (gö́gyäm) – Karabakh, dialectological notation
- գէգէմ (gēgēm) – Adapazarı, dialectological notation
- կոնկան (konkan) – Partizak
Etymology
From Middle Armenian *կոկան (*kokan) (attested in կոկան-ենի (kokan-eni, “blackthorn”)), a Turkic borrowing. See Azerbaijani göyəm for more.
Pronunciation
- (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [kɔˈkɑn]
- (Western Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [ɡɔˈɡɑn]
Noun
կոկան • (kokan)
- sloe (fruit)
- Synonym: մամուխ (mamux)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կոկան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 617b
- Ališan, Łewond (1895), “կոկանենի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʿiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1454, page 324
- Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “կոկան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1110
- Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2004), “կոկամ”, in Hayocʿ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 134a