կոյտ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *kōt. Compare Persian کود (kôd, collected; heap, stack of corn; manure).

Noun

կոյտ (koyt)

  1. heap, mass, pile
    կոյտ աստեղքkoyt astełkʻconstellation, cluster of fixed stars
  2. flock, herd, drove (especially of horses)
    կոյտ ձիոցkoyt jiocʻpaddock
  3. great crowd, throng of people

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կույտ (kuyt)
  • Georgian: კოლტი (ḳolṭi)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կոյտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press