# kot
## Albanian
### Etymology 1

Theoretically from Proto-Albanian *kākta, of uncertain origin; potentially akin to Lithuanian koktùs (“disgusting”) via Proto-Indo-European. An older hypothesis connects it to Ancient Greek κότος (kótos, “rancor, grudge”).

#### Adverb

kot
* worthlessly
* in vain

#### Adjective

kot
* worthless
* pointless

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *kāta, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kHtos (“shade, shadow, darkness”). Compare Old Irish scáth (“shadow”), Ancient Greek σκότος (skótos, “darkness”), Sanskrit छत्त्र (chattra, “umbrella”), English shadow.

#### Noun

kot m
* darkness

### References

* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 193
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kot”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 193

## Czech
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkot]

### Noun

kot m anim (female equivalent kočka)
* (dialectal) cat, tomcat

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kot”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “kot”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch cot, cote, from Old Dutch [Term?] cota (in place names), kota (“little house”), from Proto-West Germanic *kautā, from Proto-Germanic *kutą (“shed”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: kot
* Rhymes: -ɔt

### Noun

kot n (plural kotten or koten, diminutive kotje n or kotteke n)
* bad, ramshackle housing
    In wat voor een kot woont die! ― What a shack she lives in!
* rudimentary building to store (garden) material
* (Belgium) student room
    Synonyms: kamer, studentenkamer, studentenkot
    Leuvense koten brandden vaak af in de jaren 90. ― Student rooms in Louvain burned down often in the nineties.

#### Related terms

* coterie
* keuter

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: kot, cot
** → Virgin Islands Creole: kot (dated)

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse surkot, syrkot, from Old French cote; surcote, from Frankish *kottā, *kottō, from Proto-Germanic *kuttô, from Proto-Indo-European *gudnó-, *gʷewd-. More at coat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰoːʰt/
* Rhymes: -oːʰt

### Noun

kot n (genitive singular kots, plural kot)
* coat (usually woollen)

#### Declension
## Finnish
### Etymology

Onomatopoeic

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkot/, [ˈko̞t̪]
* Rhymes: -ot
* Hyphenation: kot

### Interjection

kot
* (onomatopoeia, usually repeated) cluck (sound made by hen)

### Further reading

* “kot”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch kot.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔt/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

kot m (plural kots)
* (Belgium) student flat, student room

#### Derived terms

* koter
* kot-à-projet

## Hungarian
### Etymology

An onomatopoeia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkot]
* Hyphenation: kot
* Rhymes: -ot

### Interjection

kot
* cluck (imitative of the sound made by a hen, especially when brooding, or calling her chicks; can be used repetitively)
    Synonym: kotkodács
    Kot-kot-kot-kot-kotkodács, minden napra egy tojás! (nursery rhyme) ― Cluck, cluck, an egg for every day!

### See also

* kotkodácsol
* kotkodál

## Icelandic
### Etymology

From Old Norse kot

### Noun

kot n (genitive singular kots, nominative plural kot)
* small farm

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “kot” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Lower Sorbian
### Noun

kot (feminine kocka)
* Superseded spelling of kót.

#### Declension
## Malay
### Etymology 1

Same word as kut, spelling reflecting the southern Malaysian pronunciation.

#### Adverb

kot
* Alternative form of kut

### Etymology 2

Alternative form of ikut.

#### Preposition

kot
* (informal) via (prepositioning the path taken by one to reach a destination)
    Dia lalu kot jauh. ― He went via the far route.

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French côte.

### Adverb

kot
* where

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Noun

kot n (definite singular kotet, indefinite plural kot, definite plural kota or koti)
* (pre-2012) alternative form of kott

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *kutą

### Noun

kot n
* cottage, hut

#### Descendants

* Norwegian Nynorsk: kott
* Norwegian Bokmål: kott

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “kot”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Polish
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kotъ.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɔt/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Przemyśl) IPA: [ˈkɔt]
* Audio 1:(file)
* Audio 2:(file)
* Audio 3:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔt
* Syllabification: kot
* Homophones: kod, Kot

### Noun

kot m animal (female equivalent kocica or kotka, diminutive kotek, augmentative kocur or kocisko, related adjective koci)
* cat (any mammal of the genus Felis)
* cat, tomcat (male Felis catus)
* (in the plural, colloquial) dust bunny (clump of dust that accumulates indoors)
* (military slang) rookie (inexperienced recruit)
* (hunting slang) hare (any mammal of the genus Lepus, similar to a rabbit, but larger and with longer ears)
** 1834, Adam Mickiewicz, chapter IV, in Pan Tadeusz, page 189, lines 934–935:W istocie, kot czuł s tyłu myśliwych i psiarnie, Rwał w pole, słuchy wytknął jak dwa różki sarnieIn very truth, the hare felt behind it the hunters and the pack; it was making for the field; it stretched out behind it its ears like two deer's horns [transl. by George Rapall Noyes]
* (Przemyśl) type of game
    dać kota ― to win at this game
    dostać kota ― to lose at this game

#### Derived terms

* kociak
* kocię
* kocimiętka
* kot abisyński
* kot domowy
* kot norweski leśny
* kot perski
* kot syjamski
* koteczek
* tłusty kot
* pierwsze koty za płoty
* dostać kota pf
* dostawać kota impf
* drzeć koty impf
* kocić impf
* odwracać kota ogonem impf
* odwrócić kota ogonem pf
* okocić pf

### Further reading

* kot in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* koty in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* kot in Polish dictionaries at PWN
* kot in PWN's encyclopedia
* Aleksander Saloni (1908) “kot”, in “Lud rzeszowski”, in Materyały Antropologiczno-Archeologiczne i Etnograficzne (in Polish), volume 10, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 336

### Anagrams

* kto
* tko

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔt/

### Conjunction

kot
* (archaic) (just) as, (just) like

## Slovene
### Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɔt/

#### Conjunction

kot
* (just) as, (just) like

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *kǫtъ.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kòːt/

#### Noun

kọ́t m inan
* angle
* corner

##### Inflection
### Further reading

* “kot”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
* “kot”, in Termania, Amebis
* See also the general references

## Tocharian B
### Etymology

A form of kos.

### Pronoun

kot
* as many/much as

### Further reading

* Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “kot”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, page 215

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English court.

### Noun

kot
* court (of Justice)

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈkot]

### Noun

kot
* denim
* jeans

#### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
kot
kotlar
definite accusative
kotu
kotları
dative
kota
kotlara
locative
kotta
kotlarda
ablative
kottan
kotlardan
genitive
kotun
kotların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
kotum
kotlarım
2nd singular
kotun
kotların
3rd singular
kotu
kotları
1st plural
kotumuz
kotlarımız
2nd plural
kotunuz
kotlarınız
3rd plural
kotları
kotları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
kotumu
kotlarımı
2nd singular
kotunu
kotlarını
3rd singular
kotunu
kotlarını
1st plural
kotumuzu
kotlarımızı
2nd plural
kotunuzu
kotlarınızı
3rd plural
kotlarını
kotlarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
kotuma
kotlarıma
2nd singular
kotuna
kotlarına
3rd singular
kotuna
kotlarına
1st plural
kotumuza
kotlarımıza
2nd plural
kotunuza
kotlarınıza
3rd plural
kotlarına
kotlarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
kotumda
kotlarımda
2nd singular
kotunda
kotlarında
3rd singular
kotunda
kotlarında
1st plural
kotumuzda
kotlarımızda
2nd plural
kotunuzda
kotlarınızda
3rd plural
kotlarında
kotlarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
kotumdan
kotlarımdan
2nd singular
kotundan
kotlarından
3rd singular
kotundan
kotlarından
1st plural
kotumuzdan
kotlarımızdan
2nd plural
kotunuzdan
kotlarınızdan
3rd plural
kotlarından
kotlarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
kotumun
kotlarımın
2nd singular
kotunun
kotlarının
3rd singular
kotunun
kotlarının
1st plural
kotumuzun
kotlarımızın
2nd plural
kotunuzun
kotlarınızın
3rd plural
kotlarının
kotlarının :

#### Synonyms

* blucin
* kot pantolon

## Tzotzil
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʰɔtʰ/

### Classifier

kot (numeral classifier)
* any types of animals except for human being
    jkot chij / chon / mut - a sheep / snake / bird

### References

* Laughlin, Robert M. (1975) The Great Tzotzil Dictionary of San Lorenzo Zinacantán. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press.

## Zou
### Noun

kot
* door

#### References

* http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf