kamut

K5A1M3U1T1

noun

A commercial cultivar of Khorasan wheat.

OriginEgyptian kꜣmwtt →
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Meanings

nounkamut (uncountable)

alternative Kamut

  1. uncountableA commercial cultivar of Khorasan wheat.

    If you hear the name Kamut get excited. It's wheat. Yes, there are thousands of wheats, all members of the triticum family, but Kamut is different. It's 4,000 years old.

    1999, Steve Meyerowitz, Sprouts, the Miracle Food: The Complete Guide to Sprouting, Sproutman Publications, →ISBN, page 75

Origin

  1. Egyptiankꜣmwtt“ear of barley”
  2. Englishkamut

Taken from kamut, a transcription found in E. A. Wallis Budge's dictionary (where it was translated as "wheat") of Egyptian kꜣmwtt (“ear of barley”), in hieroglyphic form: k-A-m-w-t:t-M2:Z2-

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Translations

Bulgarian камут
  • камут (kamut)Khorasan wheat cultivar

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Tamuk
Cite this entry
APA

kamut. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamut

MLA

“kamut.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamut. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “kamut,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/kamut.

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