Old Armenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *domu-, from *dṓm (house) + տէր (tēr, lord). See տուն (tun) for more.

Noun

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տանուտէր (tanutēr)

  1. master of a house, head of a family
  2. landlord, householder
  3. patriarch, chief of a tribe or race
  4. (astrology) the sign of the zodiac which houses the Sun in the current month
    տանուտէր տարւոյtanutēr tarwoythe Sun's house

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Descendants

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References

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  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “տանուտէր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “տանուտէր”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “տուն”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page տէր