պարէտ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *upa-δēt (literally overseer), composed of *upa- and the etymon of դէտ (dēt).

Noun

պարէտ (parēt)

  1. overseer, ephor, ruler
    • 5th century, Eusebius of Caesarea, Chronicon :[1]
      Քիղոն յեօթանց իմաստնոցն պարէտ ղակեդմոնացւոց եղեւ։
      Kʿiłon yeōtʿancʿ imastnocʿn parēt łakedmonacʿwocʿ ełew.
      Chilon from the Seven Sages became ephor the Lacedaemonians.
    • 6th century, Philo of Alexandria, I linelutʿeann xndrocʿ ew lucmancʿ [Quaestiones et Solutiones in Genesim] :[2]
      Իմաստունն առաքինութեամբ վարի՝ պարիտաւ եւ հրեշտակաւ իրաց․
      Imastunn aṙakʿinutʿeamb vari, paritaw ew hreštakaw iracʿ;
  2. observer, scout, watchman [13th c.]

Declension

Derived terms

  • Պարէտ (Parēt)

Descendants

  • Armenian: պարետ (paret)

References

  1. Awgereancʿ, Mkrtičʿ (1818) Ewsebi Pampʿileay Kesaracʿwoy Žamanakakankʿ erkmasneay [Eusebii Pamphili Caesariensis Episcopi Chronicon Bipartitum], volume II, accompanied with the original Greek fragments and a modern Latin translation from Armenian, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 198
  2. Awgereancʿ, Mkrtičʿ (1826) Pʿiloni Ebrayecʿwoy mnacʿordkʿ i hays, or en Meknutʿiwn Cnndocʿ ew Elicʿ, Čaṙkʿ i Sampʿson, i Yovnan, ew yeris mankuns kam i hreštaks [Philonis Judaei paralipomena armena. Libri videlicet quatuor in Genesin, libri duo in Exodum, sermo unus de Sampsone, alter de Iona, tertius de tribus angelis Abraamo apparentibus], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 118

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), պարէտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume IV, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 61ab
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), պարէտ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Hovhannisyan, L. Š. (1990) Hayereni iranakan pʿoxaṙutʿyunnerə [The Iranian borrowings of Armenian] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 258
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (1987) Hayocʿ lezvi patmutʿyun; naxagrayin žamanakašrǰan [History of the Armenian language: The Pre-Literary Period] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 541
  • J̌ahukyan, Geworg (2010), պարէտ”, in Vahan Sargsyan, editor, Hayeren stugabanakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), Yerevan: Asoghik
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), պարէտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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