κουτί

Greek

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek [Term?], from Ancient Greek κυτίον (kutíon), diminutive of κύτος (kútos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuˈti/

Noun

κουτί • (koutí) n (plural κουτιά)

Declension

declension of κουτί

case \ number	singular	plural
nominative	κουτί •	κουτιά •
genitive	κουτιού •	κουτιών •
accusative	κουτί •	κουτιά •
vocative	κουτί •	κουτιά •

Synonyms

δοχείο n (docheío, “container”)
κάσα f (kása, “packing case”)
κασεδάκι n (kasedáki, “small box”)
κιβώτιο n (kivótio, “case, box”)
κουτάκι n (koutáki, “little box”)

Related terms

σπιρτόκουτο n (spirtókouto, “matchbox”)
του κουτιού (tou koutioú, “unused or immaculately”)

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: قوطی (kutu, kutı), قوتی (kutu, kutı), قوطو (kutu, kutı), قوتو (kutu, kutı)
- Turkish: kutu
- → 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

References

κουτί - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.

Further reading

κουτί on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el

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