# ատեան
## Old Armenian
### Etymology

The origin is uncertain.
Traditionally considered an inheritance from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”) and cognate with Latin solium (“throne, seat”), Old Irish suide (“seat”), but the vocalism is irregular. A sense development “session, sitting, meeting of an assembly; assembly” → “place and time of such an assembly” → “time in general” is assumed; compare Persian گاه (gâh, “time; place”).
But more likely a Semitic borrowing, Akkadian 𒄩𒁲𒀀𒉏 (adiānum, “fixed date”), which has also reached Arabic عِدّان (ʕiddān, “a time something is set; a place of remaining”), a relation already made by D. H. Müller. The borrowing would have to be very old due to the *d → տ (t) sound shift, as in պարտէզ (partēz).
Bad Iranian etymologies have also been proposed.

### Noun

ատեան • (atean)
* assembly, council; assembly of judges, tribunal; session of an assembly
    յատեան մատնել ― yatean matnel ― to call before a tribunal or council
    գումարել զատեան ― gumarel zatean ― to convoke, to call together an assembly
* assembly hall, court hall
* tribunal, seat
* trial before a court
* the space in front of the sanctuary in temples
* time
    ատեան հողմոյ ― atean hołmoy ― time when the wind blows
    յատենի ― yateni ― right on time

#### Derived terms

* ատենաբանեմ (atenabanem)
* ատենաբար (atenabar)
* ատենագրութիւն (atenagrutʻiwn)
* ատենադպիր (atenadpir)
* ատենախօս (atenaxōs)
* ատենախօսութիւն (atenaxōsutʻiwn)
* ատենակալ (atenakal)
* ատենական (atenakan)
* ատենակից (atenakicʻ)
* ատենահաս (atenahas)
* ատենահրաշ (atenahraš)
* ատենապետ (atenapet)
* ատենատեղի (atenatełi)
* ատենատուն (atenatun)
* ատենաքարշ (atenakʻarš)
* ատենընտիր (atenəntir)
* հանդիսատեան (handisatean)

#### Descendants

* Armenian: ատյան (atyan), ատեն (aten)
* → Old Georgian: ატიანი (aṭiani)

### References

* ↑ Meillet, Antoine (1894) “Notes arméniennes”, in Mémoires de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 8, page 154 of 153–165
* ↑ Hübschmann, Heinrich (1899) “Hübschmann H.: Armenische Grammatik. I. Theil. Armenische Etymologie. II. Abteilung. Die syrischen und griechischen Lehnwörter im Altarmenischen und die echtarmenischen Wörter”, in Indogermanische Forschungen. Anzeiger für indogermanische Sprach- und Altertumskunde. Beiblatt zu den Indogermanischen Forschungen (in German), volume 10, page 47 of 41–50
* ↑ Pedersen, Holger (1900) “Wie viel laute gab es im Indogermanischen?”, in Zeitschrift für vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen‎ (in German), volume 36, number 1, page 98
* ↑ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ատեան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 286–287
* ↑ Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1940) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun [History of the Armenian Language] (in Armenian), volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 38–39
* ↑ Morani, Moreno (1994) “Sui casi di ie. *o > arm. a”, in P. Cipriano, P. Di Giovine, M. Mancini, editors, Miscellanea di studi linguistici in onore di Walter Belardi. I: Linguistica indoeuropea e non indoeuropea (in Italian), Roma: Il calamo, page 395
* ↑ Bittner, Maximilian (1901) “Kleine Mittheilungen”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 15, page 411 of 409–411
* ↑ Müller, Friedrich (1893) “Pahlawi-, neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes‎ (in German), volume 7, page 376
* ↑ Müller, Friedrich (1896) “Neupersische und armenische Etymologien”, in Wiener Zeitschrift für die Kunde des Morgenlandes (in German), volume 10, page 273 of 270–280
* ↑ Perixanjan, A. G. (1973) Сасанидский судебник (Mātakdān ī hazār dātastān)‎ (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 442
* ↑ Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎ (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 24–25
* ↑ 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 xl

### Further reading

* Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “ատեան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
* J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “ատեան”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 82a
* 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 959
* Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ատեան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy