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Armenian
Etymology
From Middle Armenian *կոկան (*kokan) (attested in կոկան-ենի (kokan-eni, “blackthorn”)), a Turkic borrowing. See Azerbaijani göyəm for more.
Pronunciation
Noun
կոկան • (kokan)
- 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