See also: فوت and قوة

Arabic

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Root
ق و ت (q w t)
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Pronunciation

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Noun

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قُوت (qūtm (plural أَقْوَات (ʔaqwāt))

  1. food

Declension

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Declension of noun قُوت (qūt)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal قُوت
qūt
الْقُوت
al-qūt
قُوت
qūt
nominative قُوتٌ
qūtun
الْقُوتُ
al-qūtu
قُوتُ
qūtu
accusative قُوتًا
qūtan
الْقُوتَ
al-qūta
قُوتَ
qūta
genitive قُوتٍ
qūtin
الْقُوتِ
al-qūti
قُوتِ
qūti
dual indefinite definite construct
informal قُوتَيْن
qūtayn
الْقُوتَيْن
al-qūtayn
قُوتَيْ
qūtay
nominative قُوتَانِ
qūtāni
الْقُوتَانِ
al-qūtāni
قُوتَا
qūtā
accusative قُوتَيْنِ
qūtayni
الْقُوتَيْنِ
al-qūtayni
قُوتَيْ
qūtay
genitive قُوتَيْنِ
qūtayni
الْقُوتَيْنِ
al-qūtayni
قُوتَيْ
qūtay
plural basic broken plural triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal أَقْوَات
ʔaqwāt
الْأَقْوَات
al-ʔaqwāt
أَقْوَات
ʔaqwāt
nominative أَقْوَاتٌ
ʔaqwātun
الْأَقْوَاتُ
al-ʔaqwātu
أَقْوَاتُ
ʔaqwātu
accusative أَقْوَاتًا
ʔaqwātan
الْأَقْوَاتَ
al-ʔaqwāta
أَقْوَاتَ
ʔaqwāta
genitive أَقْوَاتٍ
ʔaqwātin
الْأَقْوَاتِ
al-ʔaqwāti
أَقْوَاتِ
ʔaqwāti

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  • Persian: قوت (qut)
  • Ottoman Turkish: قوت (kut)
  • Hindustani:
    Hindi: क़ूत (qūt)
    Urdu: قوت (qūt)
  • Northern Kurdish: qût

(via plural form أَقْوَات (ʔaqwāt)):

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Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kut (luck, good fortune);[1] cognate with Old Turkic 𐰸𐰆𐱃 (q̊¹ut¹), Bashkir ҡот (qot), Chuvash хӑт (hăt), Kazakh құт (qūt), Karakhanid قُتْ (qut), Kyrgyz кут (kut), Tatar qot, Tuvan кут (kut), Uzbek қут (qut) and Yakut кут (kut).

Noun

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قوت (kut)

  1. luck, fortune, something favorable that happens to someone by chance
    Synonyms: اوغور (uğur), بخت (baht), حظ (hazz), طالع (taliʼ)
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References

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  1. ^ Starostin, Sergei, Dybo, Anna, Mudrak, Oleg (2003) “*Kut”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8)‎[1], Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic قُوت (qūt, food).

Noun

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قوت (kut) (definite accusative قوتی (kutı), plural اقوات (akvat))

  1. food, aliment, any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating
    Synonyms: مانجه (manca), یی (yeyi), ییه‌جك (yeyecek)
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Arabic قُوَّة (quwwa, power, strength).

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Noun

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قوت (kuvvet) (definite accusative قوتی (kuvveti), plural قوی (kuva) or قوتلر (kuvvetler))

  1. might, power, vigour, the strength or force held by a person or group
    Synonyms: زور (zor), طاقت (takat), قدرت (kudret), گوچ (güç), مكنت (miknet)
    • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk[10], page 500:
      بزم ، جهان نظرنده اك بویوك قوت و قدرتمز ، یكی شكل و ماهیتمزدر.
      Bi­zim, cihan nazarında en büyük kuvvet ve kudretimiz, yeñi şekil ve mahiyetimizdir.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Persian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Arabic قُوَّة (quwwa).

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Readings
Classical reading? quwwat
Dari reading? quwwat
Iranian reading? ġovvat
Tajik reading? quvvat

Noun

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Dari قوت
Iranian Persian
Tajik қувват

قوت (qovvat)

  1. strength, power, vigor, force
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Arabic قُوت (qūt).

Pronunciation

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Readings
Classical reading? qūt
Dari reading? qūt
Iranian reading? ġut
Tajik reading? qut

Noun

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قوت (qut)

  1. (literary) sustenance

Further reading

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  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “قوت”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

Punjabi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قُوَّت (quwwat), from Arabic قُوَّة (quwwa).

Noun

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قُوَّت (quvvatf (Gurmukhi spelling ਕੁੱਵਤ)

  1. strength

Further reading

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  • Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “قُوّت”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

Sindhi

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قوت (quwwat), from Arabic قُوَّة (quwwa).

Noun

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قُوَتَ (transliteration needed?

  1. strength

Further reading

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  • Parmanand, Mewaram (1910) “قُوَتَ”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, Hyderabad, Sindh: The Sind Juvenile Co-operative Society
  • قوت”, in Sindhi-English Dictionary, University of Chicago: Center for Language Engineering, Pakistan, 18661938

Urdu

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قُوت (qūt), from Arabic قُوت (qūt).

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Noun

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قُوت (qūt? (Hindi spelling क़ूत)

  1. food

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Persian قوت (quwwat), from Arabic قُوَّة (quwwa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قُوَّت (quvvatf (Hindi spelling क़ुव्वत)

  1. strength, power, force

References

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  • Platts, John T. (1884) “قوت”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.