ապատ

See also: -ապատ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապատ (apat).

Pronunciation

Noun

ապատ • (apat)

  1. (rare) inhabited place

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • պատ (pat) post-Classical

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (ʾbʾd /⁠ābād⁠/, populous, thriving, prosperous), Persian آباد (âbâd). Just like in Iranian, functions also as a city name forming suffix -ապատ (-apat).

Adjective

ապատ • (apat)

  1. inhabited
    Synonym: շէն (šēn)

Noun

ապատ • (apat)

  1. inhabited place
    Synonym: շէն (šēn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: ապատ (apat)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ապատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 229b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ապատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 97
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ապատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 458a of 445–459
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