Armenian

Alternative forms

Noun

կորկոտ • ‎(korkot)

1. groats of wheat or barley
2. (dialectal) a kind of harissa

Declension

Derived terms

• կորկոտալի ‎(korkotali), կորկոտխաշիլ ‎(korkotxašil), կորկոտծեծ ‎(korkotcec), կորկոտապուր ‎(korkotapur)
• (perhaps) կորկտուկ ‎(korktuk), կորկտինկ ‎(korktink)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կորկոտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 650–651

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• կորկուտ ‎(korkut)

Etymology

Ačaṙean derives from Proto-Indo-European *gʷo-gʷrod-, a reduplication of *gʷrod-, with such cognates as Lithuanian grūsti ‎(“to pound barley for making groats”), grū́das ‎(“grain”), Latvian grūst ‎(“to pound”), grauds ‎(“grain”), Russian гру́да ‎(grúda, “heap”), English grout, German Grütze ‎(“groats”), Proto-Germanic *grautaz ‎(“coarse, crude; big, large”), *greutą ‎(“grit”) etc. He concedes that the anlaut is problematic being usually reconstructed as *gʰ- for the cognates (e.g. Pokorny has *gʰrēw-), which is incompatible with Armenian կ- ‎(k-).

An interesting parallel is seen in կարկուտ ‎(karkut).

Noun

կորկոտ • ‎(korkot)

1. groats of wheat
   • 6–11th century, Baṙkʿ Gałianosi [The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen]

     քոնտրոն [=χόνδρος]· ցորէնի կորկոտ

Descendants

• Middle Armenian: կորկոտ ‎(korkot)
  • Armenian: կորկոտ ‎(korkot)
    • → Udi: korkot
    • → Georgian: კორკოტი ‎(ḳorḳoṭi)
      • → Bats: კორკოტ ‎(ḳorḳoṭ)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: غورغوت ‎(gurgut, gorgot)
    • Turkish: gurgut, karkot, korkot, korkut, korkota, korkuta, korkata
    • → Bulgarian: гургу́т ‎(gurgút), корку́т ‎(korkút), курку́ть ‎(kurkútʹ), корку́да ‎(korkúda)
    • → Byzantine Greek: κουρκούτη ‎(kourkoútē), κουρκούτιν ‎(kourkoútin), κορκότον ‎(korkóton)
      • Greek: κουρκούτι ‎(kourkoúti), κουρκούτη ‎(kourkoúti), κουρκουτό ‎(kourkoutó), κορκοτό ‎(korkotó), κορκότο ‎(korkóto)
      • Pontic Greek: κορκότα ‎(korkóta)
    • → Russian: куркутъ ‎(kurkut) [18th c.]

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կորկոտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 650–651
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “կորկոտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 1120b
• Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, page 86
• Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1971), “гургут”, in Bǎlgarski etimologičen rečnik [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume I, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 295
• Georgiev Vl. I., editor (1979), “коркут”, in Bǎlgarski etimologičen rečnik [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volume II, Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, page 641
• Greppin, John A. C. (1985) Baṙkʿ Gaɫianosi: The Greek–Armenian Dictionary to Galen, Delmar, New York: Caravan Books, page 118
• Miklosich, Franz (1890), “Die türkischen elemente in den südost- und osteuropäischen sprachen : (griechisch, albanisch, rumunisch, bulgarisch, serbisch, kleinrussisch, grossrussisch, polnisch). Nachtrag zu der unter dem gleichen Titel im XXXIV. und XXXV. Bande der Denkschriften gedruckten Abhandlung”, in Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Classe (in German), volume 38, page 118
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կորկոտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 357b
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, pages 460–462
• Solta, G. R. (1960) Die Stellung des Armenischen im Kreise der indogermanischen Sprachen (Studien zur armenischen Geschichte; 9) (in German), Vienna: Mechitharisten, pages 169–170