պետութիւն

Old Armenian edit

Etymology edit

From պետ (pet) +‎ -ութիւն (-utʻiwn).

Noun edit

պետութիւն (petutʻiwn)

  1. command, rule, reign, sway, domination, dominion, authority, power
    պետութիւնքpetutʻiwnkʻpowers (hierarchy of angels)
    հոգեւոր պետութիւնքhogewor petutʻiwnkʻecclesiastical principalities, bishops, etc
  2. government, state, kingdom, empire

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: պետություն (petutʻyun)

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պետութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy