कूट

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /kuːʈ/

Learned borrowing from Sanskrit कूट (kū́ṭa).

कूट • (kūṭ) (indeclinable, Urdu spelling کوٹ‎)

1. false, untrue, deceitful, tricky, corrupt

कूट • (kūṭ) m (Urdu spelling کوٹ‎)

1. a peak, summit
2. a heap (as of grain)
3. a puzzling question, enigma
4. a verse of obscure meaning
5. a concerted scheme or plot
6. a trap, snare
7. a horn

Phono-semantic matching of English code.

कूट • (kūṭ) m (Urdu spelling کوٹ‎)

1. (neologism) a code

• कूटशब्द (kūṭśabd, “password”)

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀓𑀼𑀝𑁆𑀞 (kuṭṭha), from Sanskrit कुष्ठ (kuṣṭha). Doublet of कुष्ठ (kuṣṭh).

कूट • (kūṭ) f (Urdu spelling کوٹ‎)

1. Alternative form of कुट (kuṭ, “Costus speciosus”)

Derived from the verb कूटना (kūṭnā).

कूट • (kūṭ) f (Urdu spelling کوٹ‎)

1. hitting, beating

Derived from कुटी (kuṭī).

कूट • (kūṭ) f (Urdu spelling کوٹ‎)

1. a hut, shed

• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975), “कूट”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha
• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “कूट”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press

कूट n

1. Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“trap”)
2. Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“hammer”)

कूट m or n

1. Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“top”)
2. Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“heap”)

As a neuter noun, the nominative, vocative and accusative are declined differently:

कूट

1. Devanagari script form of kūṭa (“dehorned”)

Probably borrowed from the Proto-Dravidian language.[1]

• (Vedic) IPA^(key): /kúː.ʈɐ/
• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.ʈɐ/

कूट • (kū́ṭa)

1. the highest, most excellent, first (derived from the sense "peak")
2. false, untrue, deceitful, tricky, corrupt

कूट • (kū́ṭa) m

1. maṇḍapa (a kind of hall)
2. a house, dwelling
3. an ox whose horns are broken

कूट • (kū́ṭa) n

1. the bone of the forehead with its projections or prominences, horn
2. a kind of vessel or implement
3. counterfeited objects (of a merchant)

कूट • (kū́ṭa) m or n

1. any prominence or projection
2. peak, summit
3. a heap, multitude
4. part of a plough, ploughshare, body of a plough
5. an iron mallet
6. a trap for catching deer, concealed weapon
7. illusion, fraud, trick, untruth, falsehood
8. a puzzling question, enigma

कूट • (kū́ṭa) m

1. a mystical name of the letter kṣa
2. name of a particular constellation
3. name of a subdivision of graha-yuddha
4. name of the sage Agastya
5. name of an enemy of Vishnu

Phono-semantic matching of English code. It is also possible that this word was used in that sense in Hindi first, and then it started being used in Sanskrit, with influence from it.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkuː.ʈɐ/

कूट • (kūṭa) m or n

1. (neologism) a code

• कूटशब्द (kūṭaśabda, “password”)

• Monier Williams (1899), “कूट”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 299, column 2.