κουτί

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek κυτίον (kutíon), diminutive of κύτος (kútos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈti/

Noun

κουτί • (koutí) n (plural κουτιά)

1. packet, carton
2. can, canister
3. box, caddy

Declension

Declension of κουτί

	singular	plural
nominative	κουτί •	κουτιά •
genitive	κουτιού •	κουτιών •
accusative	κουτί •	κουτιά •
vocative	κουτί •	κουτιά •

Synonyms

• δοχείο n (docheío, “container”)
• κάσα f (kása, “packing case”)
• κασεδάκι n (kasedáki, “small box”)
• κιβώτιο n (kivótio, “case, box”)
• κουτάκι n (koutáki, “little box”)

Related terms

• σπιρτόκουτο n (spirtókouto, “matchbox”)
• του κουτιού (tou koutioú, “unused or immaculately”)

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: قوطی (kutu, kutı), قوتی (kutu, kutı), قوطو (kutu, kutı), قوتو (kutu, kutı)
  • Turkish: kutu
  • → Aromanian: cutíe
  • → Bulgarian: кути́я (kutíja)
  • → Georgian: ყუთი (q̇uti)
  • → Gulf Arabic: قوطي (gūṭi)
  • → Macedonian: кутија (kutija)
  • → Middle Armenian: ղութի (ġutʻi), ղուդի (ġudi)
    • Armenian: ղութի (ġutʻi), խութի (xutʻi), կութի (kutʻi)
  • → Persian: قوطی (quti)
  • → Romanian: cutie
  • → Serbo-Croatian:

    Cyrillic script: ку̀тија

    Latin script: kùtija

References

• “κουτί”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998

Further reading

• κουτί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el