Armenian

Noun

հատ • ‎(hat)

1. piece
2. grain, seed

Declension

Related terms

• հատիկ ‎(hatik)
• հատել ‎(hatel)

Old Armenian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₂edos- ‎(“sort of cereal, grain”) and cognate with Latin ador ‎(“coarse grain, spelt”), Gothic 𐌰𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 ‎(atisk, “cornfield”). The original meaning then is ‘grain’, from which the meaning ‘cut, section, piece, fragment’ developed secondarily. Related to հօտ ‎(hōt) and յօտ ‎(yōt). Compare also Hittite [script needed] ‎(ḫattāi-, “to cut”).

Noun

հատ • ‎(hat)

1. grain, seed
2. cut, section; fraction, fragment, morsel, piece

   հատս առնել ճանապարհաց‎ ― hats aṙnel čanaparhacʿ ― to rob, to take to the highway

3. edge, end
4. (post-classical) one, one only

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: հատ ‎(hat)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “հատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “հատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010) Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 392