Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek γαβάθα (gabátha).

Noun edit

գաւաթ (gawatʻ)

  1. cup; goblet
    • 6th–7th centuries, Basil of Caesarea, Meknutʿiwn sałmosacʿ. I sałmosn aṙaǰin [Homiliae super psalmos. In ps. I] 1:[1]
      Ըստ իմաստուն բժշկացն, որք, զկծուագոյնս դեղոցն տալով ըմպել հիւանդաց, մեղու բազում անգամ զգաւաթն աւծանեն։
      Əst imastun bžškacʻn, orkʻ, zkcuagoyns dełocʻn talov əmpel hiwandacʻ, mełu bazum angam zgawatʻn awcanen.
    • 1113 – 1140, Mattʿēos Uṙhayecʿi, Žamanakagrutʿiwn [Chronicle] :[2][3]
      Եւ անօրէն Փիլառտոսին հանեալ զսկաւառակ գլխոյն՝ արար գաւաթ եւ նովաւ ըմպէր գինի
      Ew anōrēn Pʻilaṙtosin haneal zskawaṙak glxoyn, arar gawatʻ ew novaw əmpēr gini
      • Translation by Ara Dostourian
        His head was brought to Philaretus, and this impious man, taking the skull, made it into a cup which he used for drinking wine

Usage notes edit

In Basil, translates Ancient Greek κύλικα (kúlika).

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: գավաթ (gavatʻ)
    • Udi: гамат (gamat)

References edit

  1. ^ S. Barseġ Kesaracʻi (2008) Kim Muradyan, editor, Girkʻ pahocʻ [Book of Fasting] (Ekeġecʻakan matenagrutʻiwn; 2), Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, pages 204–205
  2. ^ Mattʻēos Uṙhayecʻi (1898) Mambrē vard. Mēlikʻ-Adamean and Nersēs sark. Tēr Mikʻayēlean, editors, Žamanakagrutʻiwn [Chronicle]‎[1], 2nd edition, Vagharshapat: Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin, page 209
  3. ^ Dostourian, Ara Edmond (1993) Armenia and the Crusades: The Chronicle of Matthew of Edessa, Lanham, New York, London: University Press of America, page 139

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաւաթ”, 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, pages 526–527
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “գաւաթ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 532a
  • Norayr N. Biwzandacʻi (2000) “գաւաթ”, in Martiros Minassian, editor, Baṙagirkʻ storin hayerēni i matenagrutʻeancʻ ŽA–ŽĒ darucʻ [Dictionary of Middle Armenian Based on the Literature of 11–17th Centuries]‎[2], edited from the author's unfinished manuscript written 1884–1915, Geneva: Martiros Minassian, page 130