قوطی

See also: قوطي

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

  • قوتی (kutu, kutı), قوطو (kutu, kutı), قوتو (kutu, kutı)

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κουτί (koutí, box, caddy), from Ancient Greek κυτίον (kutíon), diminutive of κύτος (kútos, hollow; vessel).

Noun

قوطی • (kutu or kutı) (definite accusative قوطیی (kutuyu, kutıyı), plural قوطیلر (kutular, kutılar))

  1. box, case
    Synonym: صندوق (sandık, sanduk)

Derived terms

  • حلالی قوطی (halali kutu, kind of bag)
  • دیكیش قوطیسی (dikiş kutusu, lady's workbox)
  • فساد قوطیسی (fesâd kutusu, intriguer)
  • قوطی انجیری (kutu inciri, figs packed in drums)
  • قوطی كبی (kutu gibi, small and cozy (of a house))
  • قوطیجی (kutucu, boxmaker)
  • كبریت قوطیسی (kibrit kutusu, matchbox)

Descendants

  • Turkish: kutu
  • Albanian: kuti
  • Aromanian: cutíe
  • Bulgarian: кути́я (kutíja)
  • Georgian: ყუთი (q̇uti)
  • Gulf Arabic: قوطي (gūṭi)
  • Macedonian: кутија (kutija)
  • Middle Armenian: ղութի (ġutʻi), ղուդի (ġudi)
    • Armenian: ղութի (ġutʻi), խութի (xutʻi), կութի (kutʻi)
  • Persian: قوطی (quti)
  • Romanian: cutie
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: ку̀тија
    Latin script: kùtija

Further reading

Persian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قوطی (kutu, kutı), from Greek κουτί (koutí).

Pronunciation

 

Readings
Classical reading? qūtī
Dari reading? qūtī
Iranian reading? ġuti
Tajik reading? quti

Noun

قوطی • (qūtī / ġuti) (plural قوطی‌ها (qūtī-hā / ġuti-hâ), Tajik spelling қутӣ)

  1. box

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قوطي (qūṭiyy, Gothic)

Pronunciation

Adjective

قوطی • (qūtī) (Hindi spelling क़ूती)

  1. Gothic, of or pertaining to Goths
    Synonym: گوتھک (gauthik)
    ہَسپانِیَہ کی قُوطی راج فاتَح مسلمان خِلافَت نے خَتم کِیا
    haspāniya kā qūtī rāj musalmān xilāfat ne xatm kiyā
    the Gothic reign of Spain was brought to an end by the Muslim Caliphate

Noun

قوطی • (qūtīm or f (Hindi spelling क़ूती)

  1. a Goth; an East Germanic people who played a major role in the destruction of the Roman Empire

Derived terms

  • قُوطِی رَسْمُ الخَط (qūtī rasm-ul-xat, Gothic script)
  • قوط (qūt, Gothic nation)
  • گوتھ (gauth, Goth)

References

  • قوطی”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
  • Qureshi, Bashir Ahmad (1971), “قوطی”, in Kitabistan's 20th Century Standard Dictionary‎, Lahore: Kitabistan Pub. Co.
  • Platts, John T. (1884), “قوطی”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co.
  • قوطی”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.