Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Սմբատ (Smbat). Stops appearing in colophons after 1489. Revived in the modern era.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Սմբատ (Smbat)

  1. a male given name, Smbat, Smpad, or Sempad

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Middle Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian Սմբատ (Smbat).

Noun

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Սմբատ (Smbat)

  1. a male given name
    • 1280, Inscription (Tombstone 3 in the Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia) :[1][2]
      ԱՅՍ Է ՀԱՆԳԻՍՏ ՍՄՊԱՏԱ ։ Թ ։ ՉԻԹ
      AYS Ē HANGIST SMPATA . Tʻ . ČʻITʻ
      This is the tomb of Smpat, in the year 729 [AE = 1280 CE]
    • Inscription (Tombstone 8 in the Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia) :[3][4]
      ]ԱՏ ՀՈՐԱՂԲԱՅՐ ՍՄԲԱՏԱՅ Գ[
      ]AT HORAĠBAYR SMBATAY G[
      ]AT uncle of Smbat [G

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  1. ^ Barxudaryan, S. G. (1967) K. G. Ġafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʻyan. Prak III, Vayocʻ Jor, Eġegnajori ew Azizbekovi šrǰanner [Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum. Volume III, Vayots Dzor: Districts of Yeghegnadzor and Azizbekov] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, § 327, page 113
  2. ^ Stone, Michael E. (2019) “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, pages 351–352
  3. ^ Barxudaryan, S. G. (1967) K. G. Ġafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʻyan. Prak III, Vayocʻ Jor, Eġegnajori ew Azizbekovi šrǰanner [Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum. Volume III, Vayots Dzor: Districts of Yeghegnadzor and Azizbekov] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, § 329, page 113
  4. ^ Stone, Michael E. (2019) “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, page 353

Old Armenian

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Etymology

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From Iranian; see Persian سنباد (senbâd). Armenian Christian tradition derives from Շամբաթ (Šambatʻ), the Hebrew name of the supposed Hebrew founder of the Bagratuni dynasty․.

Proper noun

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Սմբատ (Smbat)

  1. a male given name, Smbat

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Descendants

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  • Middle Armenian: Սմբատ (Smbat), Սմպատ (Smpat)
  • Armenian: Սմբատ (Smbat) (learned)

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