See also: -ապատ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ապատ (apat).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ապատ (apat)

  1. (rare) inhabited place

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

  • պատ (pat)post-Classical

Etymology edit

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 edit

ապատ (apat)

  1. inhabited
    Synonym: շէն (šēn)

Noun edit

ապատ (apat)

  1. inhabited place
    Synonym: շէն (šēn)

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ապատ (apat)

Further reading edit

  • 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[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 458a of 445–459