փուտ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian փուտ (pʿut); see it for more.

Pronunciation

Noun

փուտ • (pʿut)

  1. rottenness

Declension

Adjective

փուտ • (pʿut) (superlative ամենափուտ)

  1. rotten

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Iranian *pūt. Compare Middle Persian pwtk' (pūdag, “foul, rotten”), Persian پود‎ (pud, “old”), پوده‎ (puda, “rubbed, worn”), Avestan 𐬞𐬏𐬌𐬙𐬌‎ (pūiti, “rottenness”), Sanskrit पूतिक (pūtika, “foul, stinking, putrid”). These are ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *puH- (“rotten”).

Old Georgian ფუტურო (puṭuro) may be borrowed from Armenian.

Noun

փուտ • (pʿut)

  1. rottenness, corruption, putrefaction
    փուտ ատամանց ― pʿut atamancʿ ― caries, cariosity

Declension

Adjective

փուտ • (pʿut)

  1. rotten, putrid, spoiled
  2. illegitimate, bastard

Declension

Derived terms

  • անփուտ (anpʿut)
  • անփտելի (anpʿteli)
  • անփտութիւն (anpʿtutʿiwn)
  • դժուարափուտ (džuarapʿut)
  • վաղափուտ (vałapʿut)
  • փտական (pʿtakan)
  • փտանամ (pʿtanam)
  • փտեմ (pʿtem)
  • փտիմ (pʿtim)
  • փտութիւն (pʿtutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: փուտ (pʿut)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “փուտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “փուտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 3, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 848f
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎ (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 549
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “փուտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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