kamut
See also: Kamut
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Taken from kamut, a transcription found in E. A. Wallis Budge's dictionary (where it was translated as "wheat") of Egyptian kꜣmwtt (“ear of barley”), in hieroglyphic form:
Noun
kamut (uncountable)
- A commercial cultivar of Khorasan wheat.
- Hypernyms: Khorasan wheat, wheat
- 1999, Steve Meyerowitz, Sprouts, the Miracle Food: The Complete Guide to Sprouting, Sproutman Publications, →ISBN, page 75:
- If you hear the name Kamut get excited. It's wheat. Yes, there are thousands of wheats, all members of the triticum family, but Kamut is different. It's 4,000 years old.
Further reading
- khorasan wheat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
Trademark genericization, from the brand name Kamut.
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