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 (kʻakʻum), գագում (gagum)
    • → Romanian: cacom
  • → Pashto: قاقم (ḳāḳúm)

References
  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kākom”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 48
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կնգում”, 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 607ab
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