# ուղտ
## Armenian
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Armenian ուղտ (ułt).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /uχt/, [uχt]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /uʁd/, [uʁd]
* Audio (Eastern Armenian):(file)
* Homophone: ուխտ (uxt)

### Noun

ուղտ • (uġt)
* camel
    լվից ուղտ շինել ― lvicʻ uġt šinel ― to make a mountain out of a molehill (literally, “to make a camel out of a flea”)

#### Derived terms

* լվից ուղտ շինել (lvicʻ uġt šinel)
* ուղտիկ (uġtik)

#### Related terms

* ընձուղտ (ənjuġt)

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

From Urartian 𒀲𒀀𒀊𒁀 (/⁠ulṭu⁠/, “Bactrian camel”), which is somehow connected with Akkadian 𒀲𒀀𒀊𒁀 (/⁠udru⁠/) and perhaps also Proto-Indo-Iranian *úštras.

### Noun

ուղտ • (ułt)
* Bactrian camel

#### Derived terms

* ըղտապան (əłtapan)
* ըղտափուշ (əłtapʻuš)
* ընծուղտ (əncułt)
* ընձուղտ (ənjułt)
* կնջուղտ (knǰułt)
* ուղտապան (ułtapan)
* ուղտափուշ (ułtapʻuš)
* ուղտաքաղ (ułtakʻał)
* ուղտենի (ułteni)
* ուղտերամակ (ułteramak)
* ուղտինձ (ułtinj)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: ուղտ (uġt)

### References

* ↑ Dʹjakonov, I. M. (1958) “Материалы к фонетике урартского языка [Materials on phonetics of the Urartian language]”, in Вопросы грамматики и истории восточных языков‎ (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 33, 43
* ↑ Džaukjan, G. B. (1963) Урартский и индоевропейские языки [The Urartian and the Indo-European languages]‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 55
* ↑ Хачикян, М. Л. (1985) Хурритский и урартский языки [The Hurrian and Urartian languages] (Хурриты и урарты; 2) (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, pages 55–56, 58
* ↑ Diakonoff, Igor M. (1985) “Hurro-Urartian Borrowings in Old Armenian”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎, volume 105, number 4, page 600a of 597–603
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 432
* ↑ Greppin, John A. C. (1991) “The Survival of Ancient Anatolian and Mesopotamian Vocabulary Until the Present”, in Journal of Near Eastern Studies‎, volume 50, number 3, page 204 of 203–207
* ↑ Greppin, John A. C. (2008) “The Urartian Substratum in Armenian”, in Bulletin of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences‎, volume 2, number 2, page 134a of 134–137

### Further reading

* Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ուղտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ուղտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Ġapʻancʻyan, Grigor (1945) “Assura-babelakan baṙer hayerenum [Assyro-Babylonian words in Armenian]”, in HSSṘ GA Teġekagir hasarakakan gitutʻyunneri [Bulletin of the Academy of Sciences of the Armenian SSR: Social Sciences]‎ (in Armenian), numbers 3–4, page 16 of 7–46
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ուղտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Thorsø, Rasmus (2023) Prehistoric loanwords in Armenian: Hurro-Urartian, Kartvelian, and the unclassified substrate‎, PhD dissertation, Leiden University, page 17