Ամաթուն

Middle Armenian

Etymology

Attested only in an inscription on a tombstone in the Orbelian Dynasty cemetery in Ełegis. Perhaps from Arabic أَمَةٌ (ʔamatun, “female slave, handmaid, maidservant”).

Proper noun

Ամաթուն • (Amatʻun)

an unknown-gender given name
- 1292, Inscription (Tombstone 2 in the Orbelian family cemetery in Eġegis, Vayocʻ Jor, Armenia) :^[1]
  ԱՅՍ Է․ ՀԱՆԳԻՍՏ ԱՄԱԹՈՒՆԻՍ
  AYS Ē; HANGIST AMATʻUNIS
  This is the tomb of Amatʻun

References

^ Stone, Michael E. (2019) “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, page 350, comparing to Ամատ (Amat)

[1] Stone, Michael E. (2019) “The Orbelian family cemetery in Ełegis, Vayoc‘ Jor, Armenia”, in U. Bläsing, J. Dum-Tragut, T.M. van Lint, editors, Armenian, Hittite, and Indo-European Studies: A Commemoration Volume for Jos J.S. Weitenberg (Hebrew University Armenian Studies; 15), with notes by Aram Topchyan, printed also in REArm 33 (2011), Leuven: Peeters, page 350, comparing to Ամատ (Amat)

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