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Gender Masculine
Usage Armenian (Rare), Georgian (Archaic), History
Scripts Սումբատ(Armenian) სუმბატ(Georgian)
Other Forms Formsსუმბატი (Sumbati; nominative case), Սմբատ (Smbat; Armenian variant)
Meaning & History
Armenian and Georgian form of the Jewish name Shambat, which is also found written as Sembat, Shembat and Shmbat.The meaning of the name is not quite certain. According to an English source, Shambat is identical to Hebrew שַׁבָּת (shabat) meaning "Sabbath". However, a Russian source claims that the name is derived from an Aramaic word that means "winner, victor". Either way, at least we can conclude that the name originated from one of the Semitic languages.Sumbat was the name of several medieval Georgian princes, the earliest of which was Sumbat I of Klarjeti (died in 899 AD).