սեպուհ

See also: Սեպուհ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սեպուհ (sepuh).

Pronunciation

Noun

սեպուհ • (sepuh)

  1. sepuh (a title of Armenian nobility)

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

սեպուհ • (sepuh) (superlative ամենասեպուհ)

  1. main, primary
    Synonyms: գլխավոր (glxavor), առաջնակարգ (aṙaǰnakarg)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wicápuθrah.

Noun

սեպուհ • (sepuh)

  1. sepuh (a title of Armenian nobility)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: սեպուհ (sepuh)
  • Old Georgian: სეფე (sepe)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1979) “սեպուհ”, 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 202
  • Adoncʻ, Nikoġayos (2006) Erker. hat. A., Patmagitakan usumnasirutʻyunner [Works. Volume I, Historical Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 98–105
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1837) “սեպուհ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 707ab
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սեպուհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 638a
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