корта

Chechen

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *korto. Cognates include Bats ქორთო̆ (kortŏ) and Ingush ко̄рта (koorta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈku̯orta/

Noun

корта • (kortaclass bd (ergative коьрто̄, plural кортош)

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)
  2. title, heading
  3. chapter
  4. head (measure for cattle, livestock)
  5. sugar-loaf
  6. peak (of a mountain)
  7. source (of a river)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Matsiev, Akhmat G. (1961), Чеченско-русский словарь / Нохчийн-оьрсийн словарь [Chechen-Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Moscow: State Publishing House of Foreign and Ethnicity Dictionaries, page 219
  • Nichols, Johanna; Vagapov, Arbi (2004), “корта”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, pages 128a–129b

Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *korto. Cognates include Bats ქორთო̆ (kortŏ) and Chechen корта (korta).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkuo̯rta/

Noun

ко̄рта • (koortaclass bd

  1. (anatomy) head (part of the body)
  2. chapter

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “корта”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 88b

Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈkortə]

Noun

ко́рта • (kórtam inan

  1. genitive singular of корт (kort)