կուտ

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian կուտ (kut).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

կուտ (kut)

  1. seed (of apple, pears, etc.)
    կուտ անելkut anel(dialectal) to spill
    կուտ տալkut talto feed birds
    կուտը կախkutə kax(dialectal) short-change
    կուտ կրծելkut krcelto stay hungry
    կուտը պակաս / կուտը պոլոզkutə pakas / kutə poloz(dialectal) mindless, unintelligent
    կուտ ուտել՝ լեռն ելնելkut utel, leṙn elnel(dialectal) to get very angry
    կուտն ու կրակն ընկնելkutn u krakn ənknel(dialectal) to work hard hurriedly
    կտով ընկնելktov ənknel(dialectal) to go somewhere for important work and be late for dinner
  2. stone (of peach, apricot, plum, etc.)
  3. seeds (feed for birds)
  4. (dialectal) bits of burned bread (lavash) that have fallen into the tonir while baking
  5. (dialectal) wheat
  6. (dialectal) coins, small change
  7. (dialectal) valuable counterweights
  8. (dialectal) stitch (in sewing)

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Further reading[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a substrate word related to Hurrian 𒅗𒁲 (ka-di /⁠kade⁠/, grain, barley),[1] Hattic 𒅗𒄿𒀉 (ka-i-it /⁠kait⁠/, grain, corn), Ancient Greek κοδομεύς (kodomeús, one who roasts barley).

Noun[edit]

կուտ (kut)

  1. seed, kernel, stone, grain (especially as feed for birds)
    Synonyms: հատ (hat), սերմն (sermn), սերմանիք (sermanikʻ)

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Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կուտ (kut)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Greppin, John A. C. (1991) “Some effects of the Hurro-Urartian people and their languages upon the earliest Armenians”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society[1], volume 111, number 4, with additional notes by I. M. Diakonoff, pages 725a, 728a

Further reading[edit]

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կուտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 664a
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կուտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1124b
  • Diakonoff, Igor M., Starostin, Sergei A. (1986) Hurro-Urartian as an Eastern Caucasian Language (Münchener Studien zur Sprachwissenschaft; 12), Munich: R. Kitzinger, page 28
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կուտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 428b
  • J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “կուտ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 799b
  • Kassian, A. (2009) “Hattic as a Sino-Caucasian language”, in Ugarit-Forschungen[2], volume 41, page 376 of 309–447
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2006) “կուտ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press, page 391a
  • Ġazarean, Ṙ. S. (2000) “կուտ”, in Tʻosunean G. B., editor, Grabari baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, page 673b
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 800