մարդպետ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian մարդպետ (mardpet).

Pronunciation

Noun

մարդպետ (mardpet)

  1. (historical) the chief eunuch at the royal court of the Arshakuni Kingdom of Armenia, sometimes translated as Grand Chamberlain

Declension

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • մարդապետ (mardapet)

Etymology

According to Ačaṙean, following Adontz, derived from the name of the Amardi (մարդացիք (mardacʿikʿ)), an Iranian tribe, combined with պետ (pet). It is presumed that a leader of this tribe entered the service of the Armenian court as a chief eunuch, and the word became a synonym for ներքինապետ (nerkʿinapet, chief eunuch)

Noun

մարդպետ (mardpet)

  1. (historical) the chief eunuch at the royal court of the Arshakuni Kingdom of Armenia, sometimes translated as Grand Chamberlain

Declension

Derived terms

  • մարդպետութիւն (mardpetutʿiwn)
  • մարդպետական (mardpetakan)
  • հայր մարդպետ (hayr mardpet)
  • Մարդպետունի (Mardpetuni)

Descendants

  • Armenian: մարդպետ (mardpet)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), մարդպետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), մարդպետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), մարդպետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy

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