Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Old Armenian դատեմ (datem).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

դատել (datel)

  1. to judge, to try, to adjudicate
  2. to judge (to form an opinion on), to draw a conclusion, to appraise
  3. to convict, to condemn
  4. to preside over a court case, to act as a judge
  5. (sports) to referee
  6. to blame, to condemn
  7. (Western Armenian) to think, to consider, to have the opinion that
  8. (dialectal) to work, to labor
  9. (dialectal) to earn

Inflection edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “դատ”, 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 629b