# կոտոշ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* կուտոշ (kutoš), գոդոշ (godoš), գեդեշ (gedeš), կոդոշ (kodoš) — dialectal

### Etymology

From Middle Armenian կոտոշ (kotoš).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /koˈtoʃ/, [kotóʃ]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɡoˈdoʃ/, [ɡodóʃ]

### Noun

կոտոշ • (kotoš)
* (colloquial, dialectal) horn (of an animal)
    Synonyms: պոզ (poz), եղջյուր (eġǰyur)
* (dialectal, Tbilisi) container made of horn used in wet cupping
* (dialectal, Nor Bayazet) spur near the foot of chicken
    Synonym: բիտ (bit)
* (dialectal, Havarik) hollow plant stalk used for drawing wine from a կարաս (karas)
* (dialectal, Havarik) horn-like gourd used as a waterpot
* (dialectal, Van) a pair of protruding wooden bars at the front of a cart

#### Derived terms

* կոտոշահար (kotošahar)
* կոտոշահարել (kotošaharel)
* կոտոշահարվել (kotošaharvel)
* կոտոշահարություն (kotošaharutʻyun)
* կոտոշավոր (kotošavor)
* կոտոշավորել (kotošavorel)
* կոտոշավորվել (kotošavorvel)
* կոտոշավորում (kotošavorum)
* կոտոշել (kotošel)
* կոտոշվել (kotošvel)
* կոտոշում (kotošum)

#### Descendants

* → Ottoman Turkish: قودوش (kodoş)
** Turkish: kodoş, godoş
** → Albanian: kodosh
** → Aromanian: cudósh
** → Bulgarian: кодо́ш (kodóš)
** → Macedonian: кодош (kodoš)
** → Romanian: codóș
** → Serbo-Croatian: (Kumanovo)
    Cyrillic script: кодо́ш
    Latin script: kodóš
* → Georgian: კოტოში (ḳoṭoši)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1913) “կոտոշ”, in Hayerēn gawaṙakan baṙaran [Armenian Provincial Dictionary] (Ēminean azgagrakan žoġovacu; 9) (in Armenian), Tiflis: Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages, page 597
* Sargsyan, Artem et al., editors (2001–2012), “կոտոշ”, in Hayocʻ lezvi barbaṙayin baṙaran [Dialectal Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan
* Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pages 84–85

## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

* կօտոշ (kōtoš), կօտօշ (kōtōš)

### Etymology

Related to Persian گداش (godâš, gadâš, “horn; antler”), but the nature of relationship and the ultimate origin are unknown.

### Noun

կոտոշ • (kotoš)
* horn (of an animal)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: կոտոշ (kotoš), կուտոշ (kutoš), գոդոշ (godoš), գեդեշ (gedeš), կոդոշ (kodoš) — dialectal
** → Ottoman Turkish: قودوش (kodoş)
*** Turkish: kodoş, godoş
*** → Albanian: kodosh
*** → Aromanian: cudósh
*** → Bulgarian: кодо́ш (kodóš)
*** → Macedonian: кодош (kodoš)
*** → Romanian: codóș
*** → Serbo-Croatian: (Kumanovo)
    Cyrillic script: кодо́ш
    Latin script: kodóš
** → Georgian: კოტოში (ḳoṭoši)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կոտոշ”, 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 441b
* Ġazaryan, Ṙuben, Avetisyan, Henrik (2009) “կոտոշ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 383a
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կոտոշ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 422a