Armenian edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Armenian կոկովանք (kokovankʻ); see it for more.

Noun edit

կոկովանք (kokovankʻ)

  1. (archaic) testicles
Declension edit

Etymology 2 edit

From Old Armenian կոկովանք (kokovankʻ); see it for more.

Noun edit

կոկովանք (kokovankʻ)

  1. (archaic) boastful/vainglorious words
Declension edit

References edit

  • Barseġyan, Hovhannes (1973) “կոկովանք”, in Hayeren uġġagrakan-uġġaxosakan, terminabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Orthographic–Orthoepic Terminological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Luys

Old Armenian edit

Etymology 1 edit

From *կոկով (*kokov, round object) +‎ -անք (-ankʻ). See dialectal կոկով (kokov) for more.

Noun edit

կոկովանք (kokovankʻ)

  1. testicles
Descendants edit
  • Armenian: կոկովանք (kokovankʻ)

Etymology 2 edit

From կոկով- (kokov-) +‎ -անք (-ankʻ). Martirosyan treats կոկով- (kokov-) as a reduplication of *կով- (*kov-) which he connects with Sanskrit गवते (gavate, to sound), Russian говор (govor), Old English ciegan.

Noun edit

կոկովանք (kokovankʻ)

  1. boastful/vainglorious words
Declension edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոկովանք”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կոկովանք”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոկովանք”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 368