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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Iranian *ā-vā̆ta-; compare Sogdian (ʾʾwt /*āwat?/, “hope, trust, faith”), (ʾʾwth /*āwat/, “faith”), Khwarezmian (ʾwd, “faith, religion”) and Central Kurdish ئاوات (awat, “desire, hope”). See հաւատ (hawat) for more.
Noun
աւատ • (awat)
- faith; fidelity
- յաւատ գործել ― yawat gorcel ― to make, to work faithfully
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: ավատ (avat) (learned)
References
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “աւատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “աւատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “հաւատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 56