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արատ

արատ

Armenian

Noun

արատ (arat)

  1. bodily flaw, defect (in humans)
    սրտի արատsrti arat ― heart disease
  2. mental flaw, vice
  3. flaw, defect (in things)
  4. stain, blemish, spot, smear

Declension


Old Armenian

Etymology 1

Uncertain. Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open.

Ałayan considers արատ (arat) to be a by-form of արած- (arac-), deriving արատ (arat) from Proto-Indo-European *tred- (to drill) from the root *terh₁- (to rub).

J̌ahukyan with some reservation accepts the connection with արած- (arac-), for the change of > տ (t) pointing to բարտի (barti).

Noun

արատ (arat)

  1. bodily flaw, defect
  2. blot, spot, stain, blemish
  3. harm
Declension
Derived terms
  • անարատ (anarat)
  • անարատաբար (anaratabar)
  • անարատապէս (anaratapēs)
  • անարատութիւն (anaratutʿiwn)
  • անարատուհի (anaratuhi)
  • արատաւոր (aratawor)
  • արատաւորութիւն (arataworutʿiwn)
  • արատեմ (aratem)
  • արատիմ (aratim)
Descendants

References

Etymology 2

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r(e/o)h₂d- and cognate with Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, heron), Latin ardea. Alternatively, a Mediterranean substrate word.

Noun

արատ (arat)

  1. stork (?)
Declension

Usage notes

The word is attested only once (Vardan Arewelcʿi), along with արիովդ (ariovd), and its meaning is uncertain.

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), արատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
  • Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “arat”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 126