սեպուհ

See also: Սեպուհ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian սեպուհ (sepuh).

Pronunciation

Noun

սեպուհ (sepuh)

  1. sepuh (a title of Armenian nobility)

Declension

Derived terms

Adjective

սեպուհ (sepuh) (superlative ամենասեպուհ)

  1. main, primary
    Synonyms: գլխավոր (glxavor), առաջնակարգ (aṙaǰnakarg)

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *wicápuθrah.

Noun

սեպուհ (sepuh)

  1. sepuh (a title of Armenian nobility)

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: սեպուհ (sepuh)
  • Old Georgian: სეფე (sepe)

Further reading

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1979), սեպուհ”, 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 202
  • Adoncʿ, Nikołayos (2006) Erker. hat. A., Patmagitakan usumnasirutʿyunner [Works. Volume I, Historical Studies] (in Armenian), Yerevan: University Press, pages 98–105
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1837), սեպուհ”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume II, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 707ab
  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սեպուհ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 638a
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