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Middle Armenian
Etymology
Probably borrowed from an Arabic name derived from the root ع م د (ʕ-m-d).
Proper noun
Ամատ • (Amat)
- a male given name
Further reading
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1942) “Ամադին”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 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. Ġafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʻyan. Prak III, Vayocʻ Jor, Eġegnajori 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 (Amatʻun)
- Xačʻikyan, L. S. (1950) ŽD dari hayeren jeṙagreri hišatakaranner [Colophons of 14th Century Armenian Manuscripts] (Nyutʻer hay žoġovrdi patmutʻyan; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 675a