պոպոկ

Armenian

Alternative forms

• պոպոք (popokʻ), պպուկ (ppuk)

Etymology

From Middle Armenian պոպոկ (popok).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /poˈpok/, [popók]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /boˈboɡ/, [bobóɡ]

Noun

պոպոկ • (popok) (dialectal)

1. walnut

   Synonym: ընկույզ (ənkuyz)

   • 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Ը.103:

     ընկուզ· ճղոպուր, կամ պոպոկ (var. պօպօք), կամ գլուխ

     ənkuz· čłopur, kam popok (var. pōpōkʻ), kam glux

2. green husk on unripe walnut
3. sprout, shoot; bud

Declension

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

• պոպկած (popkac)
• պոպկել (popkel)
• պոպոկել (popokel)
• պոպոկենի (popokeni)
• պոպոկի (popoki)
• պոպոքենի (popokʻeni)
• պոպոքի (popokʻi)

 

Descendants

• → Turkish: babik, bobik, bobuk

Further reading

• 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

FWOTD – 4 November 2020

Walnut shell inside its green husk

Etymology

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

պոպոկ • (popok)

1. green husk on unripe walnut
   • Bžskaran [Various medical works from different centuries cited by dictionaries] :

     Ա՛ռ զընկուզին զպոպոկն որ հագուցեալ լինի, եւ ծեծէ եւ զջուրն քամէ

     Áṙ zənkuzin zpopokn or hagucʻeal lini, ew cecē ew zǰurn kʻamē

Descendants

• Armenian: պոպոկ (popok), պոպոք (popokʻ), պպուկ (ppuk)
  • → Turkish: babik, bobik, bobuk

Further reading

• 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