հատ

Etymology

From Old Armenian հատ (hat).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [hɑt]

Noun

հատ • (hat)

1. piece
2. grain, seed

Etymology

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

հատ • (hat)

1. grain, seed
2. cut, section; fraction, fragment, morsel, piece

   հատս առնել ճանապարհաց ― hats aṙnel čanaparhacʿ ― to rob, to take to the highway

3. edge, end
4. (post-classical) one, one only

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 392