ատեան

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Old Armenian

Etymology

According to Ačaṙyan, from *ատ- (*at-), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (to sit), +‎ -եան (-ean). Cognate with Latin solium (throne, seat) and Old Irish suide (seat). The sense of “time” developed as “assembly, council; meeting of an assembly” → “time of such meeting” → “time in general”; compare Persian گاه (gâh, time; location).[1][2]

Noun

ատեան (atean)

  1. assembly, council; assembly of judges, tribunal; session of an assembly
    յատեան մատնելyatean matnelto call before a tribunal or council
    գումարել զատեանgumarel zateanto convoke, to call together an assembly
  2. assembly hall, court hall
  3. tribunal, seat
  4. trial before a court
  5. the space in front of the sanctuary in temples
  6. time
    ատեան հողմոյatean hołmoytime when the wind blows
    յատենիyateniright on time

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ատյան (atyan), ատեն (aten)

References

  1. ^ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
  2. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “ատեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press

Further reading

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ատեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ատեան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy