Old Armenian

Alternative forms

• ղաւատ ‎(ławat) (post-classical)

Noun

կաւատ • ‎(kawat)

1. pimp, procurer of women

   կին կաւատ‎ ― kin kawat ― procuress, bawd, go-between

Declension

Derived terms

• կաւատութիւն ‎(kawatutʿiwn)

Descendants

• Armenian: կավատ ‎(kavat)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կաւատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կաւատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կաւատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935