Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Old Armenian պետ (pet).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

պետ (pet)

  1. chief, commander, head

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From Parthian *pet, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš.

Noun edit

պետ (pet)

  1. chief, commander
    պետ վարժիցpet varžicʻmaster
    պետ հարցpet harcʻpatriarch
    պետ մարցpet marcʻabbess
    պետ գաւառացpet gawaṙacʻprefect, governor
  2. beginning

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պետ (pet)
  • Old Georgian: პეტი (ṗeṭi)

References edit

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