-ապատ

See also: ապատ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian -ապատ (-apat).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈpɑt/, [ɑpɑ́t]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑˈbɑd/, [ɑbɑ́d]

Suffix

-ապատ • (-apat)

1. forming city names after the name of its founder

   Synonym: -կերտ (-kert)

Derived terms

• Խանապատ (Xanapat)
• Կորյունապատ (Koryunapat)
• Ղազարապատ (Ġazarapat)

 

Related terms

• 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

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Iranian; compare Persian آباد (-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

• Ներսեհապատ (Nersehapat)
• Պերոզապատ (Perozapat)
• Վաղարշապատ (Vałaršapat)

 

Related terms

• ապատ (apat)

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^[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 458a of 445–459