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მატიანე

მატიანე

Georgian

Noun

მატიანე (maṭiane) (plural მატიანეები)

  1. saints' lives, hagiography (of saints), hagiology
  2. chronicle

Derived terms

  • მემატიანე (memaṭiane)

Inflection


Old Georgian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian mʾtgdʾn' (mādayān), according to Ačaṙean via Old Armenian մատեան (matean, book, scroll, parchment, manuscript), which is from the same source.

Noun

მატიანე (maṭiane)

  1. story
  2. book
  3. deed (document)

Descendants

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1977), մատեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume III, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 269b