# կեղտ
## Armenian
### Etymology

From Old Armenian կեղտ (kełt).

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /keχt/, [keχt]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /ɡeʁd/, [ɡeʁd]

### Noun

կեղտ • (keġt)
* dirt
* stain

#### Derived terms

* կեղտոտ (keġtot)

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is uncertain. J̌ahukyan derives from Proto-Indo-European *gel-d-, from *gel- (“to curl, ball up”), with cognates in Proto-Germanic *klūtaz, *klautaz. Ačaṙean derives from Proto-Indo-European *gʷed-lo-, from *gʷōw-, *gʷū- (“dung, dirt”), whence with a *-dʰ- extension Proto-West Germanic *kwād, Proto-Slavic *gàditi, Lithuanian gė́da. Compare also Northern Kurdish kirêt (“ugly; repulsive, disgusting; hateful, horrible, bad; dirty, filthy”).

### Noun

կեղտ • (kełt)
* dirt, filth; stain, blot
    Synonyms: աղտ (ałt), աղտեղութիւն (ałtełutʻiwn), աղտութիւն (ałtutʻiwn), անմաքրութիւն (anmakʻrutʻiwn), արատ (arat), բիծ (bic)
    հանել զկեղտ ― hanel zkełt ― to clean, to scour, to take out stains

#### Declension

post-classical

### Adjective

կեղտ • (kełt)
* dirty, filthy
    Synonyms: աղտեղի (ałtełi), կեղտեալ (kełteal), անմաքուր (anmakʻur)
    կեղտ անուն ― kełt anun ― infamy, dishonour, discredit, disrepute

#### Derived terms

* կեղտալից (kełtalicʻ)
* կեղտանուն (kełtanun)
* կեղտաշոր (kełtašor)
* կեղտեալ (kełteal)
* չարակեղտ (čʻarakełt)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: կեղտ (keġt)

### References

* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կեղտ”, 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, pages 570–571
* ↑ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 963
* ↑ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կեղտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 398a
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 358
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “Haykakankʻ (Armeniaca)”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 635
* ↑ Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 483–484

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կեղտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌axǰaxean, Manuēl (1837) “կեղտ”, in Baṙgirkʻ i barbaṙ hay ew italakan [Armenian–Italian Dictionary], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* Ġazarean, Ṙubēn (2006) “կեղտ”, in Grabari homanišneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Old Armenian Synonyms], Yerevan: University Press
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կեղտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy