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Etymology edit

From համ- (ham-) +‎ *առօտ (*aṙōt). The second part, found also in կարճառօտ (karčaṙōt), is of unknown meaning and origin.

Adjective edit

համառօտ (hamaṙōt)

  1. brief, short, abridged, concise, succinct, summary; peremptory
    համառօտս, համառօտիւ, համառոտիւքhamaṙōts, hamaṙōtiw, hamaṙotiwkʻsuccinctly, briefly, summarily, precisely; peremptorily
    համառօտ հատանելhamaṙōt hatanelto cut short
    համառօտ ասել, ասացից, եւ համառօտ իսկ ասացեալhamaṙōt asel, asacʻicʻ, ew hamaṙōt isk asacʻealin short, in a word
  2. (nominalized) compendium, abridgement
  3. (nominalized) final or irrevocable sentence

Declension edit

Adverb edit

համառօտ (hamaṙōt)

  1. succinctly, briefly, summarily, precisely
  2. peremptorily

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: համառոտ (hamaṙot)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “համառօտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “համառօտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “համառօտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1998) “-առաւտ”, in Hin hayereni verǰacancʻneri cagumə [The Origin of Old Armenian Suffixes] (Hayocʻ lezvi hamematakan kʻerakanutʻyan harcʻer; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Anania Širakacʻi, pages 5–48