սպայապետ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Either formed in Armenian as սպայ (spay) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ պետ (pet) or borrowed wholly from Middle Persian *spʾdpt' (*spāybed).

Noun

սպայապետ • (spayapet)

1. Alternative form of սպարապետ (sparapet)

References

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպայապետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎^[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18