# कोट
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /koːʈ/

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (koṭṭa), from Sanskrit कोट्ट (koṭṭa), कोट (koṭa); ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay (“wall”). Compare Tamil கோட்டை (kōṭṭai, “fort, castle, stronghold”).

#### Noun

कोट • (koṭ) m (Urdu spelling کوٹ)
* fort, castle
    Synonyms: क़िला (qilā), गढ़ (gaṛh), दुर्ग (durg)
    अपने मकान को कोट समझके रखा है।apne makān ko koṭ samajhke rakhā hai.He thinks of his house as a castle.

##### Declension
#### References

* Burrow, T., Emeneau, M. B. (1984) “kōṭṭai”, in A Dravidian etymological dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, § 2207, page 198.
* Caldwell, Robert (1913) A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian or South-Indian Family of Languages, 3rd edition, revised by Reverend J.L. Wyatt and T. Ramakrishna Pillai, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 570
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (1956) Kurzgefasstes Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindischen [A Concise Etymological Sanskrit Dictionary]‎ (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 270
* Mayrhofer, Manfred (2001) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume III, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, pages 124–125
* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kōṭṭa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 182
* Parpola, Asko (1988) “The Coming of the Aryans to Iran and India and the Cultural and Ethnic identity of the Dāsas”, in Studia Orientalia‎, volume 64, Helsinki, pages 258–259
* Uhlenbeck, C. C. (1898–1899) “koṭṭam”, in Kurzgefasstes etymologisches Wörterbuch der altindischen Sprache (in German), Amsterdam: Johannes Müller, page 66a, derives from कोष्ठ (koṣṭha)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coat.

#### Noun

कोट • (koṭ) m (Urdu spelling کوٹ)
* coat

##### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative forms

* कोट्ट (koṭṭa)

### Alternative scripts

* কোট (Assamese script)
* ᬓᭀᬝ (Balinese script)
* কোট (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰺𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑁄𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ကောဋ (Burmese script)
* કોટ (Gujarati script)
* ਕੋਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍋𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦺꦴꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂷𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಕೋಟ (Kannada script)
* កោដ (Khmer script)
* ໂກຏ (Lao script)
* കോട (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠣᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘻𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠣᠸᠠᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧜𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑑀𑐚 (Newa script)
* କୋଟ (Odia script)
* ꢒꣂꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆾𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖺𑖘 (Siddham script)
* කොට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩕𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚴𑚔 (Takri script)
* கோட (Tamil script)
* కోట (Telugu script)
* โกฏ (Thai script)
* ཀོ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒼𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨆𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay (“wall”). Compare Tamil கோட்டை (kōṭṭai, “fort, castle, stronghold”).

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kɐw.ʈɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkoː.ʈɐ/

### Noun

कोट • (koṭa) stem, m
* fort, castle

#### Descendants

* Gujarati: કોડિ (koḍi)
* Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑁄𑀝𑁆𑀝 (koṭṭa)
** Hindi: कोट (koṭ)
* → Punjabi:
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੋਟ (koṭ)
    Shahmukhi script: کوٹ (koṭ)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kota”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 181