կատապան

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Armenian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Armenian կատապան (katapan); see it for more.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

կատապան (katapan)

  1. (historical) a title of governors in medieval Armenia

Declension[edit]

Old Armenian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, title of Byzantine governors), from Vulgar Latin *catapanus, from Late Latin capitaneus. Compare English catapan. See also the Catepanate of Italy.

Noun[edit]

կատապան (katapan)

  1. governor of a province; mayor of a town
  2. (post-Classical) gardener; watcher of a garden

Declension[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Armenian: կատապան (katapan)
  • Georgian: კატაბანი (ḳaṭabani)
  • Classical Syriac: ܩܛܐܒܢ (qaṭṭā(ʾ)bān)

References[edit]

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կատապան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կատապան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “կատապան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press