կարապետ

Old Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from an unknown Iranian source.

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 (karapetutʿiwn)

Descendants

  • Armenian: կարապետ (karapet) (learned)

Further reading

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

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