# कूट
## Hindi
### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /kuːʈ/

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कूट (kū́ṭa).

#### Adjective

कूट • (kūṭ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کوٹ)
* false, untrue, deceitful, tricky, corrupt

#### Noun

कूट • (kūṭ) m (Urdu spelling کوٹ)
* a peak, summit
* a heap (as of grain)
* a puzzling question, enigma
* a verse of obscure meaning
* a concerted scheme or plot
* a trap, snare
* a horn

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English code.

#### Noun

कूट • (kūṭ) m (Urdu spelling کوٹ)
* (neologism) a code

##### Derived terms

* कूटशब्द (kūṭśabd, “password”)

##### Descendants

* → Sanskrit: कूट (kūṭa)

### Etymology 3

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (kuṭṭha), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha). Doublet of कुष्ठ (kuṣṭh).

#### Noun

कूट • (kūṭ) f (Urdu spelling کوٹ)
* Alternative form of कुट (kuṭ, “Costus speciosus”)

##### Declension
### Etymology 4

Derived from the verb कूटना (kūṭnā).

#### Noun

कूट • (kūṭ) f (Urdu spelling کوٹ)
* hitting, beating

##### Declension
### Etymology 5

Derived from कुटी (kuṭī).

#### Noun

कूट • (kūṭ) f (Urdu spelling کوٹ)
* a hut, shed

##### Declension
### References

* Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “कूट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
* McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “कूट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

## Pali
### Alternative forms

* kūṭa (Latin script)
* 𑀓𑀽𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* কূট (Bengali script)
* කූට (Sinhalese script)
* ကူဋ or ၵူꩦ (Burmese script)
* กูฏ or กูฏะ (Thai script)
* ᨠᩪᨭ (Tai Tham script)
* ກູຏ or ກູຏະ (Lao script)
* កូដ (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄫𑄑 (Chakma script)

### Noun

कूट n
* Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“trap”)
* Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“hammer”)

#### Declension
### Noun

कूट m or n
* Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“top”)
* Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“heap”)

#### Declension

As a neuter noun, the nominative, vocative and accusative are declined differently:

### Adjective

कूट
* Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“dehorned”)

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কূট (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬹᬝ (Balinese script)
* কূট (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰳𑰘 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀽𑀝 (Brahmi script)
* ကူဋ (Burmese script)
* કૂટ (Gujarati script)
* ਕੂਟ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑍂𑌟 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦹꦛ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂴𑂗 (Kaithi script)
* ಕೂಟ (Kannada script)
* កូដ (Khmer script)
* ກູຏ (Lao script)
* കൂട (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᡠᡠᢞᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘴𑘘 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠤᠤᢌᠠ᠋ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑧕𑦸 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐹𑐚 (Newa script)
* କୂଟ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢹꢜ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆷𑆛 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖳𑖘 (Siddham script)
* කූට (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩒𑩛𑩦 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚱𑚔 (Takri script)
* கூட (Tamil script)
* కూట (Telugu script)
* กูฏ (Thai script)
* ཀཱུ་ཊ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒴𑒙 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨃𑨊𑨔 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Dravidian, ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kūṭ-.

#### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /kúː.ʈɐ/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkuː.ʈɐ/

#### Adjective

कूट • (kū́ṭa) stem
* the highest, most excellent, first (derived from the sense "peak")
* false, untrue, deceitful, tricky, corrupt

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic
* ²Brāhmaṇas
* ¹Vedic

#### Noun

कूट • (kū́ṭa) stem, m
* maṇḍapa (a kind of hall)
* a house, dwelling
* an ox whose horns are broken

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Noun

कूट • (kū́ṭa) stem, n
* the bone of the forehead with its projections or prominences, horn
* a kind of vessel or implement
* counterfeited objects (of a merchant)

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

#### Noun

कूट • (kū́ṭa) stem, m or n
* any prominence or projection
* peak, summit
* a heap, multitude
* part of a plough, ploughshare, body of a plough
* an iron mallet
* a trap for catching deer, concealed weapon
* illusion, fraud, trick, untruth, falsehood
* a puzzling question, enigma

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic
* ¹Vedic

#### Proper noun

कूट • (kū́ṭa) stem, m
* a mystical name of the letter kṣa
* name of a particular constellation
* name of a subdivision of graha-yuddha
* name of the sage Agastya
* name of an enemy of Vishnu

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

### Etymology 2

Phono-semantic matching of English code. It is also possible that this word was used in that sense in Hindi first, and then it started being used in Sanskrit, with influence from it.

#### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkuː.ʈɐ/

#### Noun

कूट • (kūṭa) stem, m or n
* (neologism) a code

##### Declension

* ¹Vedic

##### Derived terms

* कूटशब्द (kūṭaśabda, “password”)

### References

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

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “कूट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 299, column 2.