Armenian

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Armenian հատ (hat).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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հատ (hat)

  1. piece
  2. grain, seed

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂edos- (sort of cereal, grain) and cognate with Latin ador (coarse grain, spelt), Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 (atisk, cornfield). The original meaning then is ‘grain’, from which the meaning ‘cut, section, piece, fragment’ developed secondarily. Related to հօտ (hōt) and յօտ (yōt). Compare also Hittite [script needed] (ḫattāi-, to cut).

Noun

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հատ (hat)

  1. grain, seed
  2. cut, section; fraction, fragment, morsel, piece
    հատս առնել ճանապարհացhats aṙnel čanaparhacʻto rob, to take to the highway
  3. edge, end
  4. (post-Classical) one, one only

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: հատ (hat)

References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 392