Armenian

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մարդպետ (mardpet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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մարդպետ (mardpet)

  1. (historical) the chief eunuch at the royal court of the Arshakuni Kingdom of Armenia, sometimes translated as Grand Chamberlain

Declension

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Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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According to Ačaṙean, following Adontz, derived from the name of the Amardi (մարդացիք (mardacʻikʻ)), an Iranian tribe, combined with պետ (pet). It is presumed that a leader of this tribe entered the service of the Armenian court as a chief eunuch, and the word became a synonym for ներքինապետ (nerkʻinapet, chief eunuch)

Noun

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մարդպետ (mardpet)

  1. (historical) the chief eunuch at the royal court of the Arshakuni Kingdom of Armenia, sometimes translated as Grand Chamberlain

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: մարդպետ (mardpet)

Further reading

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “մարդպետ”, 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) “մարդպետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “մարդպետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy