կարապետ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from an unattested Middle Iranian compound, whose first part is descended from Proto-Iranian *kā́rah (whence also the first part of կարա-ւան (kara-wan, caravan)), while the second part is from *pátiš (whence պետ (pet, leader, head)).[1][2][3]

Noun

կարապետ • (karapet)

  1. forerunner, outrider, precursor; the person at the head of a procession
  2. (Christianity) the epithet of John the Baptist, called the forerunner of Christ

Declension

Derived terms

  • Կարապետ (Karapet)
  • կարապետական (karapetakan)
  • կարապետային (karapetayin)
  • կարապետեմ (karapetem)
  • կարապետութիւն (karapetutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կարապետ (karapet) (learned)

References

  1. Bailey, H. W. (1934) “Iranica (II)”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, number 3, page 512
  2. Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, pages 484–485
  3. Gershevitch, Ilya (1985) Nicholas Sims-Williams, editor, Philologia Iranica (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 12), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 161

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարապետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 545b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարապետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարապետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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