قروت

Persian

Alternative forms

قوروت (qūrūt / ġurut), قرت (qurt / ġort)

Etymology

Borrowed from Chagatai, cognate to Azerbaijani qurut.

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /qu.ˈruːt/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [qʊ.ɾuːt̪]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [qʊ.ɾuːt̪]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [qu.ɾut̪]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [qo.ɹuːt̪ʰ]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [qu.ɾut̪]

Readings
Classical reading^?	qurūt
Dari reading^?	qurūt
Iranian reading^?	ġorut
Tajik reading^?	qurut

Noun

قروت • (qurūt / ġorut) (Tajik spelling қурут)

ball-shaped dried yoghurt or curd, kashk
Synonyms: ترف (tarf), کشک (kašk), هلتاک (haltâk)

Derived terms

قره‌قروت (qara-qurūt / ġare-ġorut)
قروت‌آب (qurūt-āb / ġorut-âb)

References

Monchi-Zadeh, Davoud (1990), Wörter aus Xurāsān und ihre Herkunft (Acta Iranica; 29)‎^[1] (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 80 Nr. 238