# կուտ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian կուտ (kut).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /kut/, [kut]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɡud/, [ɡud]

### Noun

կուտ • (kut)
* seed (of apple, pears, etc.)
    կուտ անել ― kut anel ― (dialectal) to spill
    կուտ տալ ― kut tal ― to feed birds
    կուտը կախ ― kutə kax ― (dialectal) short-change
    կուտ կրծել ― kut krcel ― to stay hungry
    կուտը պակաս / կուտը պոլոզ ― kutə pakas / kutə poloz ― (dialectal) mindless, unintelligent
    կուտ ուտել՝ լեռն ելնել ― kut utel, leṙn elnel ― (dialectal) to get very angry
    կուտն ու կրակն ընկնել ― kutn u krakn ənknel ― (dialectal) to work hard hurriedly
    կտով ընկնել ― ktov ənknel ― (dialectal) to go somewhere for important work and be late for dinner
* stone (of peach, apricot, plum, etc.)
* seeds (feed for birds)
* (dialectal) bits of burned bread (lavash) that have fallen into the tonir while baking
* (dialectal) wheat
* (dialectal) coins, small change
* (dialectal) valuable counterweights
* (dialectal) stitch (in sewing)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Hiwrmiwzean, Eduard (1869) “կուտ”, in Baṙgirkʻ yašxarhabaṙē i grabaṙ [New Armenian – Old Armenian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 283a

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

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

### Noun

կուտ • (kut)
* seed, kernel, stone, grain (especially as feed for birds)
    Synonyms: հատ (hat), սերմն (sermn), սերմանիք (sermanikʻ)

#### Derived terms

* կտաբոյս (ktaboys)
* կտակեր (ktaker)
* կտիկ (ktik)
* կտնառք (ktnaṙkʻ)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: կուտ (kut)

### References

* ↑ 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, volume 111, number 4, with additional notes by I. M. Diakonoff, pages 725a, 728a

### Further reading

* 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, volume 41, page 376 of 309–447
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “կուտ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press, page 391a
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2000) “կուտ”, in G. B. Tʻosunean, 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
* Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 27