Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from early Parthian: compare Manichaean Parthian 𐫖𐫃𐫁𐫏𐫅 (mgbyd /⁠maγbed⁠/), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwpt' /⁠mowbed⁠/), Persian موبد (mowbed, mubed, mobad). Doublet of մովպետան մովպետ (movpetan movpet) and մուբիտան մուբիտ (mubitan mubit). Equivalent to մոգ (mog) +‎ պետ (pet).

Noun edit

մոգպետ (mogpet)

  1. (Zoroastrianism) mobad

Declension edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մոգպետ (mogpet)

Further reading edit

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մոգ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “մոգպետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, page 195
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մոգպետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy