Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Originally a dialectal word, continuing the root seen in reduplicated Middle Armenian պոպոկ (popok, green husk on unripe walnut). For the sense development compare պոպկել (popkel, to husk a walnut; to strip, peel, skin; to pull out, tear out, pluck) derived from the latter.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

պոկել (pokel)

  1. to pull out, tear out
  2. to pick, pluck

Inflection edit

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