պատանի

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian պատանի (patani).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /pɑtɑˈni/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /bɑdɑˈni/,

պատանի • (patani)

1. adolescent, teenager, youngster, youth

պատանի • (patani) (superlative ամենապատանի)

1. adolescent, young, youthful

The origin is uncertain. An Iranian origin is suspected. Perhaps related to պատան (patan, “band, shroud”).

պատանի • (patani)

1. youth, adolescent, stripling, lad, young man

   պատանի անփորձ ― patani anpʻorj ― inexperienced young man, younker, greenhorn, novice

2. domestic, servant; waiter; groom

• → Armenian: պատանի (patani) (learned)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պատանի”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պատանի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 35ab
• Belardi, Walter (1961) “Sull’origine delle voci armene antiche inizianti con -pat”, in Handes Amsorya‎ (in Italian), volume 75, numbers 10–12, Vienna, columns 617, 619
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պատանի”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 624a
• Mahé, Jean-Pierre (1998–2000) “Les collectifs en -unkʿ en arménien classique”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes (in French), volume 27, →DOI, page 87
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 310
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պատանի”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy