Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

According to Martirosyan a reduplication of the root *gow- (round object), which he sees also in ըն-կոյ-զ (ən-koy-z). Attested in Old Armenian as կոկովանք (kokovankʻ, testicles).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

կոկով (kokov)

  1. (dialectal) round object, such as testicle, walnut, fruit, eye, etc.

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References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոկով”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “կոկով”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 367