Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Armenian պոպոկ (popok).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պոպոկ (popok) (dialectal)

  1. walnut
    Synonym: ընկույզ (ənkuyz)
    • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʿi or Sargis Evdokiacʿi, Baṙgirkʿ hayocʿ [Armenian Dictionary] Ը.103:[1]
      ընկուզ· ճղոպուր, կամ պոպոկ (var. պօպօք), կամ գլուխ
      ənkuz· čłopur, kam popok (var. pōpōkʻ), kam glux
  2. green husk on unripe walnut
  3. sprout, shoot; bud

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: babik, bobik, bobuk[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 113
  2. ^ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 630, page 129

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “պոպոկ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 922
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պոպոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 98–99
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “պոպոկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[3], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 658
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “պոպոկ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 108b
  • Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2008), “պոպոք”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume V, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 109ab

Middle Armenian edit

 
Walnut shell inside its green husk

Etymology edit

Reduplication of *պոկ (*pok), of unknown origin, continued in the dialects as պոկ (pok, onion shoot), պոկել (pokel, to pull out, tear out; to pluck).

Noun edit

պոպոկ (popok)

  1. green husk on unripe walnut
    • Bžskaran [Various medical works from different centuries cited by dictionaries] :[1][2]
      Ա՛ռ զընկուզին զպոպոկն որ հագուցեալ լինի, եւ ծեծէ եւ զջուրն քամէ
      Áṙ zənkuzin zpopokn or hagucʻeal lini, ew cecē ew zǰurn kʻamē

Descendants edit

References edit

  1. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1884) “brou”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionary from the French Language into Armenian]‎[2], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 179a
  2. ^ Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “պոպոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 659a
  3. ^ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 630, page 129

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պոպոկ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 98–99
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “պոպոկ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 659a
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “պոպոկ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[4], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 658