armskoteとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From arms + possibly Punjabi ਕੋਟ (koṭ, “fort”) or Hindustani کوٹ / कोट (koṭ, “fort, barracks”), ultimately from Proto-Dravidian *kōṭṭay (“wall”). Compare Tamil கோட்டை (kōṭṭai, “fort, castle, stronghold”). Alternatively, from Hindi कोठा (koṭhā, “warehouse”) or a related cognate.

First used in British Indian military parlance, across the British Raj.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɑːmskəʊt/, /ˈɑːmz kəʊt/
• (Singapore) IPA: /ˈɑːmsˌkoʊt/, [ˈä(ː)ms˦ˌkot˦˧], (older) /-ˌkɔːt/

名詞

armskote (plural armskotes)

1. (military, originally Gurkha or British Indian Army terminology, now chiefly Singapore) A storage room or armoury where firearms and magazines are kept.
   • 1993, Haresh Sharma, Off Centre, Ethos Books, →ISBN, Act 3, scene I, page 84, lines 26–27:

     Then, we can train in the bunk. Right, Vinod? We can train anywhere. Today you help the Armskote.

   • 2008, Simon Raven, Bird of Ill Omen, House of Stratus, →ISBN, page 27:

     “This business of Jerry Stanley’s occurred in peace time, in the secure arms kote of a secure barracks in a secure garrison town—”

   • 2020, John Twells, Unto the Hills: “Don’t Worry—I Have the Fortune to be with Gurkhas”, Troubador Publishing Limited, →ISBN:

     “In leather belts and pouches with full water bottles you will report as soon as possible in front of the armskote. Move!”