աւատ

From Iranian *ā-vā̆ta-; compare Sogdian [script needed] (ʾʾwt /*āwat?/, “hope, trust, faith”), [script needed] (ʾʾwth /*āwat/, “faith”), Chorasmian [script needed] (ʾwd, “faith, religion”) and Central Kurdish ئاوات‎ (awat, “desire, hope”). See հաւատ (hawat) for more.

աւատ • (awat)

1. faith; fidelity

   յաւատ գործել ― yawat gorcel ― to make, to work faithfully

• Armenian: ավատ (avat)

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “աւատ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “աւատ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “հաւատ”, 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
• Perixanjan, Anait (1993) Materialy k etimologičeskomu slovarju drevnearmjanskovo jazyka. Častʹ I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 56