Armenian

Noun

արատ • ‎(arat)

1. bodily flaw, defect (in humans)

   սրտի արատ‎ ― srti 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 *ǵ > տ ‎(t) pointing to բարտի ‎(barti).

Noun

արատ • ‎(arat)

1. bodily flaw, defect
2. blot, spot, stain, blemish
3. harm

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: արատ ‎(arat)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “արատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, pages 297–298
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 1073, 1076
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 25
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “արատ¹”, in Sargsyan, Vahan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, ISBN 978-9939-50-121-5, page 85a

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