Armenian edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մարդպետ (mardpet).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

մարդպետ (mardpet)

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

Declension edit

Old Armenian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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 edit

մարդպետ (mardpet)

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

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Armenian: մարդպետ (mardpet)

Further reading edit

  • 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