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cwpkʾn'

cwpkʾn'

Middle Persian

Noun

cwpkʾn' (čōbagān, čawlagān?, čawgān?)

  1. polo-stick
  2. polo

Descendants

  • Persian: چوگان (čowgân), چولگان (čowlagân), چویگان (čuygân)
    • Tajik: чавгон (čavgon)
      • > Uzbek: chavgon
    • > Azeri: çovqan
    • > French: chaugan, chawgan
    • > Georgian: ჩოგანი (čogani)
    • > Hindustani:
      Hindi: चौगान (čaugān)
      Urdu: چوگان (čaugān)
    • > Middle Armenian: ճոկան (čokan)
    • > Ottoman Turkish: چوگان (çevgân)
      • Turkish: çevgen
      • > Romanian: cioian
  • > Arabic: صَوْلَجَان (ṣawlajān), جوكلان (jōklān), جَوْكَان (jawkān)
  • > Aramaic:
    • Classical Syriac: ܐܫܛܘܠܓܢܐ (ʾāšṭōlgānāʾ)
  • > Byzantine Greek: τζυκάνιον (tzukánion)

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