Ամատ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms
  • Ամատայ (Amatay)

Etymology

Probably borrowed from an Arabic name derived from the root ع م د‎ (ʕ-m-d).

Proper noun

Ամատ • (Amat)

  1. a male given name

Further reading
  • Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942), “Ամադին”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 114, lemmatizing as Ամադին (Amadin), but this form is without evidence
  • Barxudaryan, S. G. (1967), K. G. Łafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʿyan. Prak III, Vayocʿ Jor, Ełegnajori ew Azizbekovi šrǰanner [Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum. Volume III, Vayots Dzor: Districts of Yeghegnadzor and Azizbekov] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 407b
  • Stone, Michael E. (2019), “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, page 350, comparing to Ամաթուն (Amatʿun)
  • Xačʿikyan, L. S. (1950) ŽD dari hayeren jeṙagreri hišatakaranner [Colophons of 14th Century Armenian Manuscripts] (Nyutʿer hay žołovrdi patmutʿyan; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 675a
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