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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