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قاقم

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Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle Persian kʾkwm (kākom, stoat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قَاقُم (qāqumm

  1. ermine, stoat

Declension

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Ottoman Turkish

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قاقم

Etymology

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Borrowed from Persian قاقم (qâqom, ermine, stoat), from Middle Persian kʾkwm (kākom, stoat).

Noun

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قاقم (kakım or kakum) (definite accusative قاقمی (kakımı), plural قاقملر (kakımlar))

  1. ermine, stoat, a weasel found in northern latitudes whose fur turns white in winter (Mustela erminea)
    Synonym: آص (as)

Descendants

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  • Turkish: kakım
  • Armenian: քաքում (kʻakʻum), գագում (gagum)
  • Romanian: cacom

Further reading

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Persian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle Persian kʾkwm (kākom, stoat).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qāqum
Dari reading? qāqum
Iranian reading? ğâğom
Tajik reading? qoqum

Noun

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قاقم (qâqom) (plural قاقم‌ها (qâqom-hâ))

  1. ermine, stoat

Descendants

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References

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  • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “kākom”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

Urdu

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قاقم (qāqum).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قاقُم (qāqumm (Hindi spelling क़ाक़ुम)

  1. ermine, stoat

References

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  • قاقم”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • قاقم”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.