kurt

• kurz, korz (Moselle Franconian)
• koot (Kölsch)

From Middle High German kurz, from Old High German kurt, from Proto-West Germanic *kurt, from Latin curtus.

The word was borrowed around the time when the High German consonant shift ceased to be active, which explains the Old High German doublets kurt and kurz. The fact that within Central Franconian the t-form is northern, may imply that it has been reinforced by Low Franconian and Low German influence.

• IPA^(key): /kuə̯t/

kurt (masculine kurte, feminine and plural kurte or kurt, comparative kürter, superlative et kürzte or kürtste)

1. (Ripuarian, north-western Moselle Franconian) short; not long

   Och, fröhter hätte mer us jeschammp, met su nem kurte Kleedche op de Stroß ze john!

   Oh, in my day we would have been ashamed to go outside in such a short dress!

• court (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): [ˈkurt]
• Rhymes: -urt

kurt m inan

1. court (place arranged for playing the games of tennis, basketball, squash, badminton, volleyball and some other games)

   Synonym: dvorec

• “kurt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kurt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kurt”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

• krut
• kutr

From Proto-Finnic *kurtti, of Baltic origin. Compare Latvian kurls (“deaf”) and Lithuanian kurtus, kurčias. Possibly a cognate to Finnish kuuro.

kurt (genitive kurdi, partitive kurti, comparative kurdim, superlative kõige kurdim)

1. deaf

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰʏr̥t/

kurt n (genitive singular kurts, no plural)

1. chivalrous, courteous, well-mannered
2. modesty
3. (archaic) court

• með kurt og pí

From Proto-Turkic *kūrt.

kurt

1. worm

• N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “kurt”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN

From Proto-Baltic *kur-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *kēr-, *ker-, from Proto-Indo-European *kr̥-, *ker- (“to cut”) (whence also cirst (“to cut, to strike”), q.v.).

Given that in ancient times fire was produced by striking (e.g., a flint against metal), it is possible that kurt uguni originally meant “to cut, strike fire.” It is also possible that the meaning of kurt was influenced by that of a homophonous Proto-Indo-European stem *ker- (“to burn, to heat”) (whence karst, q.v., and also German Herd, English hearth), which may ultimately be related to *ker- (“to cut”). Cognates include Lithuanian kùrti (“to make fire; to make, to build, to found; to create; to run”), Old Prussian kūra (“he built”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): [kūrt], IPA^(key): [kûrt]

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kurt (transitive, 1st conjugation, present kuru, kur, kur, past kūru)

1. to light, to ignite (to make something start burning or producing heat)

   kurt uguni, ugunskuru ― to light a fire

   kurt krāsni, plīti ― to light the oven, the stove

2. to heat (to burn fuel in a stove in order to create heat in a certain room, building, etc.)

   kurt pirti ― to heat the bath, sauna

3. (figuratively) to encourage, to incite

   kurt naidu ― to light, incite hatred

Level intonation is the standard intonation for the term kurt (“to light, ignite”) according to Latviešu etimoloģijas vārdnīca. Pronunciation with a broken intonation is very common, however.

• dedzināt
• kurināt

prefixed verbs:

other derived terms:

• kurināt
• kurties
• kurtuve

• iekurs
• ugunskurs

kurt (comparative kurttir, superlative herî kurt)

1. short

• IPA^(key): /ˈkurt/

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• Rhymes: -urt
• Syllabification: kurt
• Homophone: Kurd

kurt f

1. genitive plural of kurta

From Ottoman Turkish قورت (kurt), from Proto-Turkic *kūrt. Compare Azerbaijani qurd, Kazakh құрт (qūrt), Uyghur قۇرت (qurt), Old Turkic [script needed] (kurt).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɾt/

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kurt (definite accusative kurdu, plural kurtlar)

1. A wolf; Canis lupus or any of several related canines resembling in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
2. larva, maggot.

   elma kurdu ― apple maggot

3. (figurative) Someone who is very experienced about something or some place; a veteran, old hand.

• (wolf): börü (dialectal)

• bozkurt

• kurtçuk (diminutive)

• “kurt”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu