վարդապետ

Armenian

Etymology

From Old Armenian վարդապետ (vardapet). Doublet of վարպետ (varpet).

Pronunciation

Noun

վարդապետ • (vardapet)

  1. (ecclesiastical) vardapet
    Synonym: (dialectal, slang) պոպոզ (popoz)
  2. (archaic, literary) teacher

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

A borrowing from a Southwestern Iranian word of the form *vard(a)-pet (literally master of students or master of work). The first part is ultimately from Proto-Iranian *warj- (note especially Old Persian *vard- (to work)) and is a doublet of վարժ (varž), վարձ (varj), and գործ (gorc). The second part is from *pátiš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *pátiš (master, lord), whence Old Armenian պետ (pet). Akin to Middle Persian 𐭥𐭥𐭣𐭯𐭲 (wrdpt /⁠wardbed⁠/, a title).

Noun

վարդապետ • (vardapet)

  1. teacher, lecturer, professor, doctor
    վարդապետ օրինացvardapet ōrinacʻdoctor of laws
    վարդապետ աստուածաբանութեանvardapet astuacabanutʻeandoctor in divinity, D. D.
    վարդապետ բժշկութեանvardapet bžškutʻeandoctor in medicine, M.D.
    զվարդապետի թեկն ածելzvardapeti tʻekn acelto pass oneself off as a doctor
  2. supervising foreman
  3. (figuratively) instigator, exciter
  4. (post-Classical, ecclesiastical) vardapet

Declension

Derived terms

  • աշխարհավարդապետութիւն (ašxarhavardapetutʻiwn)
  • ինքնավարդապետ (inkʻnavardapet)
  • վարդապետախօս (vardapetaxōs)
  • վարդապետական (vardapetakan)
  • վարդապետանոց (vardapetanocʻ)
  • վարդապետարան (vardapetaran)
  • վարդապետեմ (vardapetem)
  • վարդապետիմ (vardapetim)
  • վարդապետոց (vardapetocʻ)
  • վարդապետութիւն (vardapetutʻiwn)
  • վարդապետուհի (vardapetuhi)
  • վարդապետօրէն (vardapetōrēn)

Descendants

References

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