# кочан
## Bulgarian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kočanъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [koˈt͡ʃa̟n]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -an

### Noun

коча́н • (kočán) m (diminutive коча́нче)
* cob (of maize)
* cabbage (of Brassica type of plant)

#### Alternative forms

* ко́чен (kóčen) — dialectal

#### Derived terms

* кочане́я (kočanéja, “to benumb”)
* кочанясам (kočanjasam)
** вкочанясам се impf (vkočanjasam se), вкочаня се pf (vkočanja se)
** скочанясам се impf (skočanjasam se), скочаня се pf (skočanja se)

### References

* “кочан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
* “кочан”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
* Georgiev, Vladimir I., editor (1979), “кочан”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume 2 (и – крепя̀), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences Pubg. House, page 686

## Macedonian
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kočanъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkɔt͡ʃan]
* Hyphenation: ко‧чан

### Noun

кочан • (kočan) m (plural кочани, diminutive кочанче)
* cob (corn)
    Synonym: цаблан (cablan)
* stem of cabbage
* Jerusalem artichoke, sunroot, sunchoke, earthapple (Helianthus tuberosus)
    Synonyms: репка (repka), земно јаболко (zemno jabolko)
* (figurative) root of something
* (colloquial) very cold weather

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “кочан” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

## Russian
### Alternative forms

* ко́чень (kóčenʹ)

### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kočanъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [kɐˈt͡ɕan]

### Noun

коча́н • (kočán) m inan (genitive кочана́ or кочна́, nominative plural кочаны́ or кочны́, genitive plural кочано́в or кочно́в, relational adjective коча́нный, diminutive кочешо́к)
* head of cabbage
    Synonym: вило́к m (vilók)
    Meronym: кочеры́жка f (kočerýžka)
* (derogatory) (human) head, noggin
    Убери́ свой коча́н!Uberí svoj kočán!Move your head!

#### Declension

$^*$Irregular.

#### Derived terms

* коча́нный (kočánnyj), белокоча́нный (belokočánnyj), краснокоча́нный (krasnokočánnyj)
* кочене́ть impf (kočenétʹ)
* кочешо́к m (kočešók)

#### Descendants

* → Ingrian: kotsena

### References

* Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “кочан”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
* Chernykh, P. Ja. (1993) “кочан”, in Историко-этимологический словарь русского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), 3rd edition, volume 1 (а – пантомима), Moscow: Russian Lang., →ISBN, page 436
* Shansky, N. M., editor (1982), “кочан”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, number 8 (К), Moscow: Moscow University Press, page 362
* Šanskij, N. M. (2004) “кочан”, in Školʹnyj etimologičeskij slovarʹ russkovo jazyka [School Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Drofa
* Krylov, G. A. (2004) “кочан”, in Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Saint Petersburg: Victory, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Dal, Vladimir (1880–1882) “кочан”, in Толковый Словарь живаго великорускаго языка [Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language] (in Russian), 2nd edition, Publication of the bookseller-typographer Wolf, M. O.
* Sreznevsky, Izmail I. (1893) “кочанъ”, in Матеріалы для Словаря древне-русскаго языка по письменнымъ памятникамъ [Materials for the Dictionary of the Old East Slavic Language Based on Written Monuments]‎ (in Russian), volume 1 (А – К), Saint Petersburg: Department of Russian Language and Literature of the Imperial Academy of Sciences, column 1305