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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սպարապետ (sparapet).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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սպարապետ (sparapet)

  1. (historical) sparapet
  2. (poetic) an honorific given to some modern military leaders, especially Vazgen Sargsyan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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The word was borrowed many times from Iranian, from its different dialects and over different periods. According to Pʿerixanyan, the most common spelling, սպարապետ (sparapet), is from Parthian; compare Parthian 𐭎𐭐𐭀𐭃𐭐𐭕𐭉 (spʾdpty), Parthian 𐫙𐫘𐫛𐫀𐫅 (ʿspʾd /⁠ispāδ⁠/). The less common form սպայապետ (spayapet) was borrowed later from Middle Persian, or, perhaps formed in Armenian from սպայ (spay) and պետ (pet). The spelling ասպարապետ (asparapet) is from early Middle Median *aspāδapat(i); the spelling ասպահապետ (aspahapet) is from later Middle Median *aspāhapet. All originate from Proto-Iranian *spādapati- (commander of the army), composed of *cwáHdaH (army), whence սպայ (spay), and *pati- (lord), whence պետ (pet). Compare also Middle Persian 𐭮𐭯𐭠𐭧𐭯𐭲𐭩 (spāhpet).

Noun

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սպարապետ (sparapet)

  1. sparapet

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Armenian: սպարապետ (sparapet) (learned)

References

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  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սպարապետ”, 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) “սպարապետ”, 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
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սպարապետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy