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Old Armenian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron). The forms թէատրոն (tʻēatron), թեատրոն (tʻeatron) are literary transliterations directly from Greek, whereas թատր (tʻatr) is a popular form probably borrowed via Aramaic.
Noun
թատր • (tʻatr)
- theatre
- play, spectacle
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Armenian: թատրոն (tʻatron) (learned)
Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “թատր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, pages 157–158
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “թատր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 798a
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “թէատրոն”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 810c
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 350
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “թատր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 215a