کود

See also: گود

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (kōδ). Related to Sanskrit कूट (kūṭa, heap, multitude), Romani kidao (to heap), Old Armenian loanword կոյտ (koyt, heap, mass, pile) and possibly Classical Syriac ܩܘܛܝ (qawṭī, to heap), also from Iranian.

Adjective

کود (kud)

  1. collected, not scattered

Noun

کود (kud)

  1. fertiliser
  2. manure
  3. stack or heap of corn

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), կոյտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 631a
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), کود”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul
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