Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Iranian *ā-vā̆ta-; compare Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾwt /⁠*āwat?⁠/, hope, trust, faith), [script needed] (ʾʾwth /⁠*āwat⁠/, faith), Khwarezmian [script needed] (ʾwd, faith, religion) and Central Kurdish ئاوات (awat, desire, hope). See հաւատ (hawat) for more.

Noun edit

աւատ (awat)

  1. faith; fidelity
    յաւատ գործելyawat gorcelto make, to work faithfully

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ավատ (avat)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “աւատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հաւատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 56