Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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References

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  • 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