-ապատ

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Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ապատ (-apat).

Pronunciation

Suffix

-ապատ (-apat)

  1. forming city names after the name of its founder
    Synonym: -կերտ (-kert)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ապատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 229b

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian; compare Persian ـآباد (-âbâd).

Suffix

-ապատ (-apat)

  1. forming city names after the name of its founder
    Synonym: -կերտ (-kert)
    Վաղարշ (Vałarš, Vologases) + ‎-ապատ (-apat) → ‎Վաղարշապատ (Vałaršapat, Vagharshapat)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: -ապատ (-apat)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ապատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 229b
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 458a of 445–459