սպարապետ

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Armenian [edit]

Etymology [edit]

From Old Armenian սպարապետ; see it for more.

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Noun [edit]

սպարապետ  (sparapet)

  1. (historical) sparapet

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Etymology [edit]

The word was borrowed many times from Iranian, from its different dialects and over different periods. The most common spelling — սպարապետ — is from Parthian. Compare attested Parthian  (spʾdpty), Middle Persian  (spāhpat), Persian سپهبد (sepahbod). The less common form սպայապետ was borrowed later from Middle Persian, or, perhaps formed in Armenian from սպայ and պետ. The spelling ասպարապետ is from early Middle Median *aspāδapat(i); the spelling ասպահապետ is from later Middle Median *aspāhapet. All originate from Iranian *spādapati- (commander of the army), composed of *spāda- (army), whence սպայ, and *pati- (lord), whence պետ.

Noun [edit]

սպարապետ  (sparapet)  (singular genitive սպարապետի, plural genitive սպարապետաց)

  1. sparapet

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References [edit]

  • սպարապետ in Mathias Bedrossian (1879), New Dictionary Armenian-English (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • սպարապետ in G. Awetikʿean, X. Siwrmēlean, M. Awgerean (1836–37), Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui (Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy)
  • սպարապետ in Hračʿeay Ačaṙean (1926–35), Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (Yerevan: Yerevan State University), 2nd ed., 1971–79
  • Анаит Периханян (1993), Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка (Ереван: Издадельство НАН РА), on page 18