պարէտ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *upa-δēt (literally overseer), composed of *upa- and the etymon of դէտ (dēt).

Noun

պարէտ • (parēt)

  1. overseer, ephor, ruler
    • 5th century, Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicon :[1]
      Քիղոն յեօթանց իմաստնոցն պարէտ ղակեդմոնացւոց եղեւ։
      Kʻiłon yeōtʻancʻ imastnocʻn parēt łakedmonacʻwocʻ ełew.
      Chilon from the Seven Sages became ephor the Lacedaemonians.
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, I linelutʿeann xndrocʿ ew lucmancʿ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesim] :[2]
      Իմաստունն առաքինութեամբ վարի՝ պարիտաւ եւ հրեշտակաւ իրաց․
      Imastunn aṙakʻinutʻeamb vari, paritaw ew hreštakaw iracʻ;
  2. observer, scout, watchman [13th c.]

Declension

Derived terms

  • Պարէտ (Parēt)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պարետ (paret)

References

  1. Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1818) Ewsebi Pampʻileay Kesaracʻwoy Žamanakakankʻ erkmasneay [Eusebii Pamphili Caesariensis Episcopi Chronicon Bipartitum], volume II, accompanied with the original Greek fragments and a modern Latin translation from Armenian, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 198
  2. Awgereancʻ, Mkrtičʻ (1826) Pʻiloni Ebrayecʻwoy mnacʻordkʻ i hays, or en Meknutʻiwn Cnndocʻ ew Elicʻ, Čaṙkʻ i Sampʻson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 118

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “պարէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume IV, Yerevan: University Press, page 61ab
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “պարէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (1990) Hayereni iranakan pʻoxaṙutʻyunnerə [The Iranian borrowings of Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 258
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʻ lezvi patmutʻyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 541
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010) “պարէտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պարէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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