Armenian edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

փուտ (pʻut)

  1. rottenness

Declension edit

Adjective edit

փուտ (pʻut) (superlative ամենափուտ)

  1. rotten

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle Iranian *pūt. Compare Middle Persian pwtk' (pūdag, foul, rotten), Persian پود (pud, old), پوده (puda, rubbed, worn), Avestan 𐬞𐬏𐬌𐬙𐬌 (iti, 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 edit

փուտ (pʻut)

  1. rottenness, corruption, putrefaction
    փուտ ատամանցpʻut atamancʻcaries, cariosity

Declension edit

Adjective edit

փուտ (pʻut)

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

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Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: փուտ (pʻut)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (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
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “փուտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ 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) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period]‎[1] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 549
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “փուտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy