See also: Ասպետ

Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian ասպետ (aspet).

Pronunciation edit

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ասպետ (aspet)

  1. knight
  2. (historical) aspet (Armenian hereditary title)

Declension edit

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Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos
PIE word
*pótis

Borrowed from Iranian, literally “horse-master”, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Hácwapatiš.

Noun edit

 
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ասպետ (aspet)

  1. knight
  2. (historical) aspet (Armenian hereditary title)

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Derived terms edit

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Descendants edit

  • Armenian: ասպետ (aspet)
  • Arabic: اسباته (asbāta)
  • Byzantine Greek: ἀσπὲτ (aspèt)

References edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971), “ասպետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume I, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, pages 274–275
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836), “ասպետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 316b
  • Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, pages 17a, 47a
  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “ասպետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 65a
  • Bailey, H. W. (1987), “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[1], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 464b of 459–465
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987), “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica[2], volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 451b of 445–459
  • Toumanoff, C. (1987), “Aspet”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition[3], New York, retrieved 2016-04-16