لوكون

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unclear. Akin to the synonymous Armenian լոկոն (lokon), North Levantine Arabic لَاقُونَة (lāqūne), لَاُقُومَة (lāqūme), لُقُونَة (luqūne, “a kind of putty from resin and bricks, or from not utterly slaked lime, olive oil and cotton”). Given the semantic development of جُرْن (jurn) “basin, trough for liquid to retreat” → “mixing tub, mortar box, bin where plaster is compounded”, this may be a remnant of the plural لُكُون (lukūn) or لُقُون (luqūn) of Arabic لَكَن (lakan), لَقَن (laqan, “washbasin”), or more likely an Aramaic diminutive formation of the same word like طَلْمُوسَة (ṭalmūse, “talmouse”).

Noun

لوكون • (lökün or lükün) (definite accusative لوكونی (lökünü, lükünü), plural لوكونلر (lökünler, lükünler))

  1. lute, thick sticky clay or cement used to close up a hole or gap, especially to make something air-tight
    Synonym: لوك (lök)

Descendants

  • Turkish: lökün
  • → Armenian: լօ̈քո̈ւն / լէօքիւն (lökʻün)
  • → Bulgarian: ликю́м (likjúm)
  • → Serbo-Croatian: lùćum / лу̀ћум

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “լոկոն”, 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 292a derives the Armenian and Turkish from Arabic
  • Palatecʻi, Gēorg Dpir (1829) Baṙaran Parskerēn əst kargi haykakan aybubenicʻ [Persian Dictionary in the Order of the Armenian Alphabet] (in Armenian), Constantinople: Boghos Arabian Press, pages 424b, 470b connects Armenian լոկոն (lokon), Ottoman Turkish لوكون (lökün) and Arabic لَاقُونَة (lāqūne)

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