See also: Կատար

Armenian

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian կատար (katar).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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կատար (katar)

  1. top, summit, peak
  2. comb, crest (of birds)
  3. (figuratively) human head

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Usually considered a word of unknown origin.[1][2][3]

Probably a Semitic borrowing: compare Aramaic כּיתְרָא (kiṯrā, crown, fancy headdress),[4] Imperial Aramaic 𐡒𐡕𐡓 (qṭr, crown),[5][6] Aramaic כּוֹתֶרֶח / כּוֹתַרְתָּא / כְּתַרְתָּא (kəṯartā, kōṯartā, kōṯrā, knob, capital),[7] Aramaic קִיטְרָא (qiṭrā) / Classical Syriac ܩܷܛܪܐ (qeṭrā, knot, joint, amulet, diadem, tiara), Aramaic קְטַר (qṭar) / Classical Syriac ܩܛܰܪ (qṭar, to tie, to bind),[8] Ge'ez ከተረ (kätärä, to make an enclosure, to surround; to detain) (also Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic, Harari, Sebat Bet Gurage),[9] Hebrew כֶּתֶר (kéter, crown), כָּתַר (kātar, to surround, to encircle),[10] Arabic كَتْر (katr, camel's hump),[11][12] Ancient Greek κίταρις (kítaris), κίδαρις (kídaris, name of a turban-like headgear) (Oriental loanword).[13] The connection with Hebrew was suggested already by Margoliouth,[14] but rejected by Ačaṙean and J̌ahukyan, who did not know about the other Semitic forms.

Noun

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կատար (katar)

  1. top, summit, peak
    ի կատարն եհաս շնորհացi katarn ehas šnorhacʻhe arrived at the height of favour
  2. end, conclusion, term, accomplishment
    ի կատար ածելi katar acelto complete, realize, fulfill, carry out

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կատար”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 537–538
  2. ^ Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 943
  3. ^ J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “կատար”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  4. ^ ktr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  5. ^ qṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  6. ^ Hoftijzer, J, Jongeling, K. (1995) Dictionary of the North-West Semitic Inscriptions (Handbuch der Orientalistik. Erste Abteilung, Der Nahe und Mittlere Osten; 21), Leiden, New York, Köln: E.J. Brill, page 1007
  7. ^ kwtrh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  8. ^ qṭr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  9. ^ Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 298
  10. ^ H3803 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, H3804 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
  11. ^ Drower, E. S., Macuch, R. (1963) “KTR”, in A Mandaic Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 225b
  12. ^ Freytag, Georg (1837) “كَتْرٌ”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 8b
  13. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 694
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    Markōliōtʻ, S. (1900) “Hayerēnn ibr mekničʻ ebrayecʻerēni [Armenian as an Interpreter of Hebrew]”, in Biwrakn[2] (in Armenian), number 22, translated by Yakob S. Iynēčean, Constantinople, page 355a

Further reading

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կատար”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կատար”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy