cwpkʾn'

Middle Persian

Etymology

From čwp (čōb) + -k' (-ag) + -ʾn' (-ān).

Noun

cwpkʾn' • (čōbagān, čawlagān?, čawgān?)

  1. polo-stick
  2. polo

Descendants

  • Classical Persian: چَوْگَان (čawgān), چَوْلَگَان (čawlagān), چُویْگَان (čūygān)
  • Arabic: صَوْلَجَان (ṣawlajān), جَوْكَان (jawkān), جَوْكَلَان (jawkalān)obsolete
  • → Aramaic:
    • Classical Syriac: ܐܫܛܘܠܓܢܐ (ʾāšṭōlgānāʾ)
  • → Byzantine Greek: τζυκάνιον (tzukánion)

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