կէտ

Probably of the same origin as Old Armenian կիծ- (kic-, “to bite”).

կէտ • (kēt)

1. a kind of fly that bites donkeys and cattle

• Armenian: կետ (ket)

• Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “կէտ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 372a
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 361

From Ancient Greek κῆτος (kêtos).

• կետ (ket)
• կետոս (ketos), կէտոս (kētos), կիտոս (kitos) (scholarly forms)

կէտ • (kēt)

1. whale

• Armenian: կետ (ket)

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from unattested Iranian *kēt; compare Sanskrit केत (keta, “mark, sign”) and Middle Armenian կայտ (kayt). Alternatively, related to կիծ- (kic-, “to bite”).

կէտ • (kēt)

1. point, dot (in various senses, such as of time, appointment)

   ի կէտ մահուն ― i kēt mahun ― at the point of death

   կէտ նպատակի ― kēt npataki ― aim, end, scope, object, goal

2. goal, purpose; target
3. centre

կէտ • (kēt)

1. (post-classical) odd (of numbers)

In some compounds the word has the combining form կետ- (ket-).

• Armenian: կետ (ket), կենտ (kent)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, 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, Boston: Brill, page 363