# պոպոկ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* պոպոք (popokʻ), պպուկ (ppuk)

### Etymology

From Middle Armenian պոպոկ (popok).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /poˈpok/, [popók]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /boˈboɡ/, [bobóɡ]

### Noun

պոպոկ • (popok) (dialectal)
* walnut
    Synonym: ընկույզ (ənkuyz)
** 16–17th centuries, Eremia Mełrecʻi, Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ [Armenian Dictionary] Ը.103:ընկուզ· ճղոպուր, կամ պոպոկ (var. պօպօք), կամ գլուխənkuz· čłopur, kam popok (var. pōpōkʻ), kam glux
* green husk on unripe walnut
* sprout, shoot; bud

#### Derived terms

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

#### Descendants

* → Turkish: babik, bobik, bobuk

### References

* ↑ Amalyan, H. M., editor (1975), Baṙgirkʻ hayocʻ‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 113
* ↑ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 630, page 129

### 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]‎, 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
### 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)
* 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 քամէÁṙ zənkuzin zpopokn or hagucʻeal lini, ew cecē ew zǰurn kʻamē

#### Descendants

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

### References

* ↑ Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (1882–1884) “brou”, in Baṙagirkʻ i gałłierēn lezuē i hayerēn [Dictionnaire français-arménien], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian Press, page 179a
* ↑ 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
* ↑ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 630, page 129

### 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]‎, edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 658