kʾkwm

Middle Persian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Related to Old Armenian կնգմենի (kngmeni, ermine fur).

Noun

kʾkwm (kākom) (Book Pahlavi)

  1. stoat

Derived terms

  • [script needed] (kākom ī spēd, ermine, literally white stoat)

Descendants

  • Persian: قاقم (qâqom)
    • Tajik: қоқум (qoqum)
  • Arabic: قَاقُم (qāqum), قَاقُوم (qāqūm)
  • Azerbaijani: qaqum
  • Georgian: ყარყუმი (q̇arq̇umi)
  • Kurdish:
    Northern Kurdish: ququme
    Central Kurdish: قاقوم (qaqum)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قاقم (qāqum)
    • Turkish: kakum, kakım
    • Armenian: քաքում (kʿakʿum), գագում (gagum)
  • Pashto: قاقم (ḳāḳúm)

References

  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “kākom”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կնգում”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 607ab
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