Ամատ
Middle Armenian
Alternative forms
- Ամատայ (Amatay)
Etymology
Probably borrowed from an Arabic name derived from the root ع م د (ʿ-m-d).
Noun
Ամատ • (Amat)
- A male given name
Further reading
- Ačaṙyan, Hračʿya (1942) , “Ամադին”, in Hayocʿ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Personal Names] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʿyunner; 21) (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 114, lemmatizing as Ամադին (Amadin), but this form is without evidence
- Barxudaryan, S. G. (1967) , K. G. Łafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʿyan. Prak III, Vayocʿ Jor, Ełegnajori ew Azizbekovi šrǰanner [Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum. Volume III, Vayots Dzor: Districts of Yeghegnadzor and Azizbekov] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 407b
- Stone, Michael E. (2019) , “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, page 350, comparing to Ամաթուն (Amatʿun)
- Xačʿikyan, L. S. (1950) ŽD dari hayeren jeṙagreri hišatakaranner [Colophons of 14th Century Armenian Manuscripts] (Nyutʿer hay žołovrdi patmutʿyan; 2) (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 675a