Old Armenian

Noun

մատեան • ‎(matean)

1. book; parchment, scroll, roll, register; code, manuscript

   աստուածային, աստուածաշունչ մատեանք‎ ― astuacayin, astuacašunčʿ mateankʿ ― the Holy Scriptures, Holy Bible, Holy Writ

   մատենից դարան‎ ― matenicʿ daran ― library

   ի մատենի հարկանել, տալ‎ ― i mateni harkanel, tal ― to write, to set down or couch in writing, to register, to record

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: մատյան ‎(matyan)
• Old Georgian: მატიანე ‎(maṭiane), მატიანი ‎(maṭiani)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “մատեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “մատեան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond (2004), “mʾdyʾn”, in A Dictionary of Manichaean Middle Persian and Parthian (Corpus Fontium Manichaeorum; 3.1), Turnhout: Brepols, page 224a
• MacKenzie, D. N. (1971), “mādayān”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press, page 53
• Olsen, Birgit Anette (1999) The noun in Biblical Armenian: origin and word-formation: with special emphasis on the Indo-European heritage (Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs; 119), Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter, page 894
• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “մատեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy