վարդպետ

Middle Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian վարդապետ (vardapet).

Noun

վարդպետ • (vardpet), genitive singular վարդպետի (vardpeti)

1. (ecclesiastical) vardapet
2. teacher
3. skilled craftsman (e.g. architect, stonemason)

Derived terms

• վարպետ (varpet)

References

• Ġazaryan, Ṙ. S., Avetisyan, H. M. (2009) “վարդպետ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “վարդապետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press