կարապետ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from an unattested Middle Iranian compound, whose first part is descended from Proto-Iranian *kā́rah (whence also the first part of կարա-ւան (kara-wan, “caravan”)), while the second part is from *pátiš (whence պետ (pet, “leader, head”)).[1][2][3]

Noun

կարապետ • (karapet)

  1. forerunner, outrider, precursor; the person at the head of a procession
  2. (Christianity) the epithet of John the Baptist, called the forerunner of Christ

Declension

Derived terms

  • Կարապետ (Karapet)
  • կարապետական (karapetakan)
  • կարապետային (karapetayin)
  • կարապետեմ (karapetem)
  • կարապետութիւն (karapetutʻiwn)

Descendants

  • → Armenian: կարապետ (karapet) (learned)

References

  1. Bailey, H. W. (1934) “Iranica (II)”, in Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society‎, number 3, page 512
  2. Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica‎, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, pages 484–485
  3. Gershevitch, Ilya (1985) Nicholas Sims-Williams, editor, Philologia Iranica (Beiträge zur Iranistik; 12)‎, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, page 161

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կարապետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 545b
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կարապետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կարապետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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