նաւակատիք

An Iranian borrowing, +‎ -ք (-kʿ).

The first part goes back to an Iranian descendant of Proto-Indo-European *néwos (“new”) (compare Avestan 𐬥𐬀𐬎𐬎𐬀‎ (nauua)), the second is of uncertain origin. Hübschmann identified it with Proto-Iranian *kata- (“house”) (compare Avestan 𐬐𐬀𐬙𐬀‎ (kata-, “habitation”), Persian کده‎ (kade, “habitation”)). But according to Jahukyan, it goes back to Iranian *kāti- (“wish, desire”) (compare Sanskrit काति (kāti, “wishing, desiring”)), from Proto-Iranian *kā- (“to strive for, to desire”) (compare the Iranian etymon of կամ (kam)) with the verbal suffix *-ti-.

նաւակատիք • (nawakatikʿ) pl

1. inauguration, dedication, consecration ceremony

   առնել զնաւակատիս շինուածոյ ― aṙnel znawakatis šinuacoy ― to inaugurate a building

   նաւակատիս առնել սեղանոյն ― nawakatis aṙnel sełanoyn ― to dedicate or consecrate an altar

2. feast, festival, rejoicing celebrated at the anniversaries of building inaugurations, weddings, etc.
3. (Christianity) the eve of five “Tabernacle” feasts of the Armenian Apostolic Church, when the fasting rules are relaxed

• Armenian: նավակատիք (navakatikʿ)

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• J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1995), “Hay-iranakan lezvakan zugadipumner [Armenian–Iranian Lingual Parallels]”, in Patma-banasirakan handes [Historical-Philological Journal]‎ (in Armenian), issue 2, pages 183–186