kamut

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English

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Etymology

Taken from kamut, a transcription found in E. A. Wallis Budge's dictionary (where it was translated as "wheat") of Egyptian kꜣmwtt (“ear of barley”), in hieroglyphic form:

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Noun

kamut (uncountable)

  1. A commercial cultivar of Khorasan wheat.
    Hypernyms: Khorasan wheat, wheat
    • 1999, Steve Meyerowitz, Sprouts, the Miracle Food: The Complete Guide to Sprouting, Sproutman Publications, →ISBN, page 75:
      If you hear the name Kamut get excited. It's wheat. Yes, there are thousands of wheats, all members of the triticum family, but Kamut is different. It's 4,000 years old.

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Finnish

Noun

kamut

  1. nominative plural of kamu

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Italian

Etymology

Trademark genericization, from the brand name Kamut.

Noun

kamut m (uncountable)

  1. kamut
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