гьатӏан

Avar

Alternative forms

  • гьал’ан (hal’an)Andalal
  • гьалгӏан (halʻan)Sogratl
  • гьакьӏанBukhnada, Tomur, Tash, Keleb

Etymology

From Old Avar ჀႠႲႠႬ (/⁠haṭan⁠/) . It is probably related to Aghwan 𐕒𐕜𐔰𐕎 (oṭan, law, prayer) ( Aghwan 𐕒𐕜𐔰𐕎𐔰 𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (oṭana buresun, to pray) , Aghwan 𐕒𐕜𐔰𐕎 𐔱𐔼𐔸𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (oṭan bitesun, to revere) )

Noun

гьатӏан • (hatʼanclass 3 (ergative гьатӏаналъ, genitive гьатӏаналъул / гьатӏанил, plural гьатӏанаби)

  1. temple , praying-house , church
    Synonyms: гьатӏанрукъ (hatʼanruqxʼ), килиса (kilisa), магӏбад (maʻbad)
  2. Sunday
    Synonyms: базаркъо (bazarqxʼo); хӏухь гьубулеб къо, хьи бахинаб къо (ḥʳux̂ hubuleb qxʼo, x̂i baxinab qxʼo) (Hid); алхӏаткъо (alḥʳatqxʼo) (Salta, Kudali)

References

  • Xapizov, Š. M. (2014) “О грузинско-аварских надписях на каменных крестах [On the Georgian-Avar inscriptions on stone crosses]”, in Вестник Дагестанского научного центра РАН[1] (in Russian), volume 54, page 73 of 67–74
  • Saidov, Magomedsayid (1967) “гьатӏан”, in Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Moscow: State Institute “Soviet Encyclopedia”, page 171a
  • Gimbatov, M. M., editor (2006), “гьатӏан”, in МагӀарул-гӀурус лугъат / Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ДНЦ РАН, page 451
  • Zhirkov, Lev Iv. (1936) “гьатӏан”, in Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Moscow: State Institute “Soviet Encyclopedia”, page 51b
  • Azmaiparašvili, Levan (2017) “гьатӏан”, in Xunʒur-kartuli leksiḳoni [Avar-Georgian dictionary], Tbilisi, page 35a
  • Saidova, P. A. (1999) “гьатӏан”, in Диалектологический словарь аварского языка [Dialectological dictionary of Avar] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 120b
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 280