Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ատեան (atean). Doublet of ատեն (aten).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ատյան (atyan)

  1. place of assembly (hall, square)
  2. meeting of an assembly
  3. deliberative/consultative body
  4. (law) instance
    առաջին ատյանի դատարանaṙaǰin atyani datarancourt of first instance

Declension edit

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ատեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press