կոյտ

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Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Iranian *kōt. Compare Persian کود (kôd, collected; heap, stack of corn; manure).

Noun[edit]

կոյտ (koyt)

  1. heap, mass, pile
    կոյտ աստեղքkoyt astełkʻconstellation, cluster of fixed stars
  2. flock, herd, drove (especially of horses)
    կոյտ ձիոցkoyt jiocʻpaddock
  3. great crowd, throng of people

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կույտ (kuyt)
  • Georgian: კოლტი (ḳolṭi)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոյտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press