edat

See also: ēdat, ēdāt, and ədat

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin aetātem. Compare Occitan edat.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈðat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eˈðat]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -at

Noun

edat f (plural edats)

1. age (duration of being alive)

   Synonym: atge

2. age (period in history)

Derived terms

• d'edat
• de bona edat
• edat d'or
• edatisme
• mitjana edat

Further reading

• “edat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “edat”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Latin

Etymology 1

Form of the verb edō (“to eat”).

Verb

edat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of edō

Etymology 2

Form of the verb ēdō (“to dispatch”).

Verb

ēdat

1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of ēdō

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan edat, from Latin aetātem. Compare Catalan edat.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

edat f (plural edats)

1. age, era (a particular period of time in history)

   Synonym: atge

2. age (the whole duration of a being)

   Synonym: atge

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ادات (edât), from Arabic أَدَاة (ʔadāh).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [edat]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

edat (definite accusative edatı, plural edatlar)

1. (grammar) particle
2. preposition

Declension

Declension of edat

	singular	plural
nominative	edat	edatlar
definite accusative	edatı	edatları
dative	edata	edatlara
locative	edatta	edatlarda
ablative	edattan	edatlardan
genitive	edatın	edatların

Synonyms

• ilgeç

Zazaki

Etymology

From Arabic أَدَاة (ʔadāh) or via Persian ادات (adât).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [edat]

Noun

edat

1. preposition