արատ

From Old Armenian արատ (arat); see below.

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): [ɑˈɾɑt]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): [ɑˈɾɑd]

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արատ • (arat)

1. bodily flaw, defect (in humans)

   սրտի արատ ― srti arat ― heart disease

2. mental flaw, vice
3. flaw, defect (in things)
4. stain, blemish, spot, smear

Uncertain. Ačaṙyan leaves the origin open.

Ałayan considers արատ (arat) to be a by-form of արած- (arac-), deriving արատ (arat) from Proto-Indo-European *tred- (“to drill”) from the root *terh₁- (“to rub”).

J̌ahukyan with some reservation accepts the connection with արած- (arac-), for the change of *ǵ > տ (t) pointing to բարտի (barti).

արատ • (arat)

1. bodily flaw, defect
2. blot, spot, stain, blemish
3. harm

• Armenian: արատ (arat)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “արատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “արատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “արատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 297–298
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume III, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, 1076/mode/1up page 1073, 1076
• Ałayan, Ēduard (1974) Baṙakʿnnakan ew stugabanakan hetazotutʿyunner [Lexicological and Etymological Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 25
• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), “արատ¹”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik, page 85a

The origin is uncertain. Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *h₁r(e/o)h₂d- and cognate with Ancient Greek ἐρῳδιός (erōidiós, “heron”), Latin ardea. Alternatively, a Mediterranean substrate word.

արատ • (arat)

1. The meaning of this term is uncertain. Possibilities include:
   1. stork

The word is attested only once (Vardan Arewelcʿi), along with արիովդ (ariovd), and its meaning is uncertain.

• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “արատ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Martirosyan, Hrach (2010), “arat”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Armenian Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 8), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 126