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 varžicʿmaster
    պետ հարցpet harcʿpatriarch
    պետ մարցpet marcʿabbess
    պետ գաւառացpet gawaṙacʿprefect, governor
  2. beginning

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

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

References edit

  • Petrosean, Matatʿeay (1879), “պետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “պետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (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