ատեան

Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, from *ատ- (*at-), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”), +‎ -եան (-ean). Cognate with Latin solium (“throne, seat”) and Old Irish suide (“seat”). The sense of “time” developed as “assembly, council; meeting of an assembly” → “time of such meeting” → “time in general”; compare Persian گاه‎ (gâh, “time; location”).[1][2]

Noun

ատեան • (atean)

  1. assembly, council; assembly of judges, tribunal; session of an assembly
    յատեան մատնել ― yatean matnel ― to call before a tribunal or council
    գումարել զատեան ― gumarel zatean ― to convoke, to call together an assembly
  2. assembly hall, court hall
  3. tribunal, seat
  4. trial before a court
  5. the space in front of the sanctuary in temples
  6. time
    ատեան հողմոյ ― atean hołmoy ― time when the wind blows
    յատենի ― yateni ― right on time

Declension

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Descendants

References

  1. ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1940) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “ատեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “ատեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “ատեան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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