կենտ

Armenian

Etymology

Northern and Eastern dialectal development of Old Armenian կէտ (kēt), with an epenthetic -ն- (-n-).

Pronunciation

Adjective

կենտ • (kent)

  1. (of numbers) odd
    Synonym: (dialectal) թաք (tʻakʻ)
    Antonym: զույգ (zuyg)

Declension

Noun

կենտ • (kent)

  1. odd number

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Georgian: კენტი (ḳenṭi)
    • Bats: კენტ (ḳenṭ)
    • Mingrelian: კენტი (ḳenṭi)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 361
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