# Սմբատ
## Armenian
### Alternative forms

* Սումբատ (Sumbat)

### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian Սմբատ (Smbat). Stops appearing in colophons after 1489. Revived in the modern era.

### Pronunciation

* (Eastern Armenian) IPA: /səmˈbɑt/, [səmbɑ́t]
* (Western Armenian) IPA: /səmˈpɑd/, [səmpʰɑ́d]

### Proper noun

Սմբատ • (Smbat)
* a male given name, Smbat, Smpad, or Sempad

#### Derived terms

* Սմբատյան (Smbatyan), Սմբատյանց (Smbatyancʻ)

## Middle Armenian
### Alternative forms

* Սմպատ (Smpat)

### Etymology

From Old Armenian Սմբատ (Smbat).

### Noun

Սմբատ • (Smbat)
* a male given name
** 1280, Inscription (Tombstone 3 in the Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia) :ԱՅՍ Է ՀԱՆԳԻՍՏ ՍՄՊԱՏԱ ։ Թ ։ ՉԻԹAYS Ē HANGIST SMPATA . Tʻ . ČʻITʻThis is the tomb of Smpat, in the year 729 [AE = 1280 CE]
** Inscription (Tombstone 8 in the Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia) :]ԱՏ ՀՈՐԱՂԲԱՅՐ ՍՄԲԱՏԱՅ ԳAT HORAĠBAYR SMBATAY GAT uncle of Smbat [G

### References

* ↑ Barxudaryan, S. G. (1967) K. G. Ġafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʻyan. Prak III, Vayocʻ Jor, Eġegnajori ew Azizbekovi šrǰanner [Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum. Volume III, Vayots Dzor: Districts of Yeghegnadzor and Azizbekov] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, § 327, page 113
* ↑ Stone, Michael E. (2019) “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, pages 351–352
* ↑ Barxudaryan, S. G. (1967) K. G. Ġafadaryan, editor, Divan hay vimagrutʻyan. Prak III, Vayocʻ Jor, Eġegnajori ew Azizbekovi šrǰanner [Corpus Inscriptionum Armenicarum. Volume III, Vayots Dzor: Districts of Yeghegnadzor and Azizbekov] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, § 329, page 113
* ↑ Stone, Michael E. (2019) “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, page 353

## Old Armenian
### Etymology

From Iranian; see Persian سنباد (senbâd). Armenian Christian tradition derives from Շամբաթ (Šambatʻ), the Hebrew name of the supposed Hebrew founder of the Bagratuni dynasty.

### Proper noun

Սմբատ • (Smbat)
* a male given name, Smbat

#### Derived terms

* Սմբատուհի (Smbatuhi)
* Սմբատաւրենց (Smbatawrencʻ)
* Սմբատիկ (Smbatik)

#### Descendants

* Middle Armenian: Սմբատ (Smbat), Սմպատ (Smpat)
* → Armenian: Սմբատ (Smbat) (learned)

### Further reading

* Ačaṙyan, Hračʻya (1948) “Սմբատ”, in Hayocʻ anjnanunneri baṙaran [Dictionary of Personal Names of Armenians] (Erewani petakan hamalsaran. Gitakan ašxatutʻyunner; 26) (in Armenian), volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, pages 537–538
* Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, pages 314–315
* Justi, Ferdinand (1895) Iranisches Namenbuch‎ (in German), Marburg: N. G. Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 281b