կաւատ

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Old Armenian

Etymology

From Arabic قَوَّاد (qawwād).

Noun

կաւատ (kawat)

  1. pimp, procurer of women
    կին կաւատkin kawatprocuress, bawd, go-between

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: կավատ (kavat) (learned)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կաւատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կաւատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կաւատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press