կոկան

Armenian

Alternative forms

• գօգան (gōgan) — Poland, Hungary, Çengiler, dialectological notation
• գօգամ (gōgam) — Nor Nakhichevan, dialectological notation
• գօ̈՛գ^յա̈մ (gö́g^yäm) — 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): [koˈkɑn]
• (Western Armenian, standard) IPA^(key): [ɡoˈɡɑn]

Noun

կոկան • (kokan)

1. sloe (fruit)

   Synonym: մամուխ (mamux)

Further reading

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոկան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 617b
• Ališan, Ġewond (1895) “կոկանենի”, in Haybusak kam haykakan busabaṙutʻiwn [Armenian Botany] (in Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, § 1454, page 324
• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “կոկան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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 Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume III, Yerevan: Hayastan, page 134a