قاقم

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Persian kʾkwm (kākom, stoat).

Pronunciation

Noun

قَاقُم (qāqumm

  1. ermine, stoat

Declension

Ottoman Turkish

قاقم

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian قاقم (qâqom, ermine, stoat), from Middle Persian kʾkwm (kākom, stoat).

Noun

قاقم (kakım or kakum) (definite accusative قاقمی (kakımı), plural قاقملر (kakımlar))

  1. ermine, stoat, a weasel found in northern latitudes whose fur turns white in winter (Mustela erminea)
    Synonym: آص (as)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kakım
  • Armenian: քաքում (kʻakʻum), գագում (gagum)
  • Romanian: cacom

Further reading

Persian

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Persian kʾkwm (kākom, stoat).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? qāqum
Dari reading? qāqum
Iranian reading? ğâğom
Tajik reading? qoqum

Noun

قاقم (qâqom) (plural قاقم‌ها (qâqom-hâ))

  1. ermine, stoat

Descendants

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kākom”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian قاقم (qāqum).

Pronunciation

Noun

قاقُم (qāqumm (Hindi spelling क़ाक़ुम)

  1. ermine, stoat

References

  • قاقم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قاقم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary , Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.