շպետ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • շըշպետ (šəšpet)

Etymology

Borrowed from an unattested Middle Iranian compound, whose first part is cognate with Avestan 𐬟𐬱𐬎 (fšu, cattle) and the first element of Persian چوبان (ču-bân), whereas the second part is identical with the etymon of պետ (pet).

Noun

շպետ • (špet)

  1. shepherd

Declension

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Georgian: შპეტი (šṗeṭi)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “շպետ”, 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) “շպետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 538
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “շպետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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