Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From the root պատ- (pat-, the four sides, the surrounding, circle) +‎ -եան (-ean).

Noun edit

պատեան (patean)

  1. (botany) hull, pod, cod, husk; rind, peel, bark
  2. (zoology) shell, exoskeleton
  3. (military) sheath, scabbard
    արկանել զսուրն ի պատեանսarkanel zsurn i pateansto sheathe
    մերկանալ զսուրն ի պատենիցmerkanal zsurn i patenicʻto draw, bare or unsheathe a sword
  4. (military) armour, cuirass, breastplate

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պատյան (patyan)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “պատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press