մովպետան մովպետ

Old Armenian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [script needed] (mgwptʾn' mgwpt' /⁠mowbedān mowbed⁠/, literally mobad of mobads), from [Book Pahlavi needed] (mgwpt' /⁠mowbed⁠/). See Persian موبد (mowbed, mubed) for more. Doublet of մոգպետ (mogpet) and մուբիտան մուբիտ (mubitan mubit).

Noun

մովպետան մովպետ • (movpetan movpet)

  1. (Zoroastrianism) mobadan mobad (chief of the clergy)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մովպետան մովպետ (movpetan movpet)

Further reading

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