Արարատ

Armenian

Ararat from Yerevan.

Etymology

From Old Armenian Արարատ (Ararat).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Արարատ • (Ararat)

  1. (biblical) Ararat
  2. Ararat (mountain, now in Turkey)
  3. Ararat (a province of Armenia)
  4. Ararat (a town in Armenia)
  5. a male given name transferred from the place name, Ararat

Usage notes

Mount Ararat has been revered by the Armenians as symbolizing their national identity and their irredentism.

Declension

Synonyms

  • արարատյան (araratyan)
  • Արարատյան (Araratyan) (surname)

See also

Old Armenian

Etymology

Via Ancient Greek Ἀραράτ (Ararát) of the Septuagint translation from Biblical Hebrew אֲרָרָט (ʾărārāṭ) in Genesis 8:4. In Armenian antiquity the name Արարատ (Ararat) did not refer to the mountain known today by that name, which was then called Մասիս (Masis). The association of Արարատ (Ararat) with this mountain is a later occurrence, according to Murat (1900) not pre-dating the 11th century. Doublet of Այրարատ (Ayrarat).

Proper noun

Արարատ • (Ararat)

  1. (biblical) Ararat
    • 5th century, Bible, Genesis 8.4:
      Եւ նստաւ տապանն յեւթներորդում ամսեանն ՚ի քսանեւեւթն ամսոյն ՚ի լերինս Արարատայ։
      Ew nstaw tapann yewtʻnerordum amseann ’i kʻsanewewtʻn amsoyn ’i lerins Araratay.
      And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.

Declension

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Derived terms

  • արարատեան (araratean)

Descendants

  • Armenian: Արարատ (Ararat)
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