Armenian

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Etymology

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A pan-Caucasian word of uncertain ultimate origin.

Compare Middle Armenian գութայ (gutʻay); Georgian გუთანი (gutani), Mingrelian გუთანი (gutani); Ingush гота (gota), Chechen гота (gota); Dargwa гутан (gutan), Udi коьтаьн (kötän), Lezgi куьте́н (kütén), Avar кута́н (kután); Abkhaz а-куаҭана (a-kʼwatana), а-кәаҭа́н (a-kʷʼatán), Abaza кӏвата́н (kʷʼatán); Ossetian гу́тон (gúton), готон (goton); Northern Kurdish kotan; Azerbaijani kotan, dialectal Turkish köten, kötan, kotan, kutan, Karachay-Balkar гатон (gaton); Assyrian Neo-Aramaic ܟܘܬܢ (kûtân).

Abaev remarks that in all the languages the word refers to a heavy or improved version of the plough, whereas the regular plough is designated by a native word.[1]

According to Genko (1930):

The question of the origin of such a widespread name of the plough seems to be insoluble by means of historical linguistics.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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գութան (gutʻan)

  1. plough

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References

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  1. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 527
  2. ^ Template:R:hy:Genko:1930