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Middle Armenian
Etymology
Attested only in an inscription on a tombstone in the Orbelian Dynasty cemetery in Ełegis. Perhaps from Arabic أَمَةٌ (ʔamatun, “female slave, handmaid, maidservant”).
Proper noun
Ամաթուն • (Amatʻun)
- an unknown-gender given name
1292,
Inscription (Tombstone 2 in the
Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia) :
[1]- ԱՅՍ Է․ ՀԱՆԳԻՍՏ ԱՄԱԹՈՒՆԻՍ
- AYS Ē; HANGIST AMATʻUNIS
- This is the tomb of Amatʻun
References
- ^ 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 Ամատ (Amat)