Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Armenian պոպոկ (popok).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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պոպոկ (popok) (dialectal)

  1. walnut
    Synonym: ընկույզ (ənkuyz)
  2. green husk on unripe walnut
  3. sprout, shoot; bud

Declension

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i-type, inanimate (Eastern Armenian)
singular plural
nominative պոպոկ (popok) պոպոկներ (popokner)
dative պոպոկի (popoki) պոպոկների (popokneri)
ablative պոպոկից (popokicʻ) պոպոկներից (popoknericʻ)
instrumental պոպոկով (popokov) պոպոկներով (popoknerov)
locative պոպոկում (popokum) պոպոկներում (popoknerum)
definite forms
nominative պոպոկը/պոպոկն (popokə/popokn) պոպոկները/պոպոկներն (popoknerə/popoknern)
dative պոպոկին (popokin) պոպոկներին (popoknerin)
1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative պոպոկս (popoks) պոպոկներս (popokners)
dative պոպոկիս (popokis) պոպոկներիս (popokneris)
ablative պոպոկիցս (popokicʻs) պոպոկներիցս (popoknericʻs)
instrumental պոպոկովս (popokovs) պոպոկներովս (popoknerovs)
locative պոպոկումս (popokums) պոպոկներումս (popoknerums)
2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative պոպոկդ (popokd) պոպոկներդ (popoknerd)
dative պոպոկիդ (popokid) պոպոկներիդ (popoknerid)
ablative պոպոկիցդ (popokicʻd) պոպոկներիցդ (popoknericʻd)
instrumental պոպոկովդ (popokovd) պոպոկներովդ (popoknerovd)
locative պոպոկումդ (popokumd) պոպոկներումդ (popoknerumd)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Turkish: babik, bobik, bobuk[2]

References

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  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

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  • 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]‎[2], 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

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Walnut shell inside its green husk

Etymology

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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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “brou”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], 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

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  • 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]‎[3], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 658