قوت

قوت

See also: فوت‎ and قوة‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق و ت‎ (q-w-t).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quːt/

Noun

قُوت • (qūt) m (plural أَقْوَات‎ (ʾaqwāt))

1. food

Declension

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 ʾaqwāt	الْأَقْوَات‎ al-ʾaqwāt	أَقْوَات‎ ʾaqwāt
Nominative	أَقْوَاتٌ‎ ʾaqwātun	الْأَقْوَاتُ‎ al-ʾaqwātu	أَقْوَاتُ‎ ʾaqwātu
Accusative	أَقْوَاتًا‎ ʾaqwātan	الْأَقْوَاتَ‎ al-ʾaqwāta	أَقْوَاتَ‎ ʾaqwāta
Genitive	أَقْوَاتٍ‎ ʾaqwātin	الْأَقْوَاتِ‎ al-ʾaqwāti	أَقْوَاتِ‎ ʾaqwāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: قوت‎ (kut)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ूत (qūt)

  Urdu: قوت‎ (qūt)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قوت”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Turkic *Kut.[1]

Noun

قوت • (kut)

1. luck[2]

Derived terms

• قوتلو‎ (kutlu)
• قوتسز‎ (kutsuz)

Etymology 2

From Arabic قُوت‎ (qūt).

Noun

قوت • (kut)

1. food[3]

Etymology 3

From Arabic قُوَّة‎ (quwwa). Doublet of قوه‎.

Noun

قوت • (kuvvet) (plural قوی‎ or قوتلر‎)

1. strength
   • 1927 October, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, Nutuk‎, 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 quote)

Derived terms

• قوتلو‎ (kuvvetli)
• قوتسز‎ (kuvvetsiz)

Descendants

• Turkish: kuvvet

References

1. Starostin, Sergei; Dybo, Anna; Mudrak, Oleg (2003), “*Kut”, in Etymological dictionary of the Altaic languages (Handbuch der Orientalistik; VIII.8), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill
2. https://osmani.ahya.net/english-turkish-dictionary-42661.html
3. Mallouf, Nassif (1867), “قوت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume II, Paris: Maisonneuve, page 1029

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Persian

Etymology

From Arabic قُوَّة‎ (quwwa).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian): IPA^(key): /quwwat/

• (Dari): IPA^(key): /qʊwwat/

• (Iranian Persian): IPA^(key): /ɢovvæt/
• (Tajik): IPA^(key): /quvvat/

Noun

Dari	قوت
Iranian Persian
Tajik	қувват (quvvat)

قوت • (qovvat)

1. strength
2. power
3. vigour
4. force
5. authority

Derived terms

• قوت گرفتن‎ (qovvat gereftan)
• قوت داشتن‎ (qovvat dâštan)
• قوتو‎ (qovvatu)

Descendants

• → Gujarati: કુવ્વત (kuvvat), કૌવત (kauvat)
• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: क़ुव्वत (quvvat)

  Urdu: قوت‎ (quvvat)

• → Marathi: कुवत (kuvat)

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Urdu

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic قُوت‎ (qūt).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /quːt̪/

Noun

قُوت • (qūt) ? (Hindi spelling क़ूत)

1. food

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Persian قوت‎ (qovvat), from Arabic قُوَّة‎ (quwwa).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /qʊʋ.ʋət̪/

Noun

قُوَّت • (quvvat) f (Hindi spelling क़ुव्वत)

1. strength

References

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