տանուտեր

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Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Armenian տանուտէր (tanutēr); see it for more.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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տանուտեր (tanuter)

  1. (historical) village elder/headman (was elected by villagers)
  2. Alternative form of տանտեր (tanter)
  3. (historical) patriarch, chief of a family or race
  4. tenant, occupant
  5. (archaic, astrology) the sign of the zodiac which houses the Sun in the current month

Declension

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References

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  • Aġayan, Ēduard (1976) “տանուտեր”, in Ardi hayereni bacʻatrakan baṙaran [Explanatory Dictionary of Contemporary Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Hayastan