գաթայ

Middle Armenian

Alternative forms

• գադայ (gaday)

Etymology

The origin is unknown. The word is found in neighboring languages, Georgian ქადა (kada), Turkish kete, Azerbaijani kətə, Northern Kurdish kade, Udi ката (kata). According to Ačaṙyan these are borrowed from Armenian. Justi derived all from French gâteau but this is not accepted by Ačaṙyan and J̌ahukyan considers the similarity to be accidental. Ačaṙyan remarks that the Turkic forms correspond to dialectal (Hamshen, Karabakh) քաթա (kʻatʻa).

Noun

գաթայ • (gatʻay) (nominative plural գաթանի)

1. gata

Descendants

• Armenian: գաթա (gatʻa), գՙաթա (gʻatʻa); գՙադՙա (gʻadʻa); գաթա (gatʻa), կաթա (katʻa); կաթ (katʻ); քաթա (kʻatʻa)
  • → English: gata
• Azerbaijani: kətə (possibly)
• Georgian: ქადა (kada) (possibly)
• Northern Kurdish: kade (possibly)
• Persian: گاتا (gâtâ)
• Russian: гата́ (gatá)
• Turkish: kete (possibly)
• Udi: ката (kata) (possibly)

References

• Jaba, Auguste, Justi, Ferdinand (1879) “كاده ,كادك”, in Dictionnaire Kurde-Français [Kurdish–French Dictionary], Saint Petersburg: Imperial Academy of Sciences, page 321a
• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “գաթայ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 131a
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “գաթայ”, 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, pages 499–500
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “գաթայ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 144a