կոյտ

Old Armenian

Etymology

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

Noun

կոյտ (koyt)

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

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Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կոյտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
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