սպայապետ

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Old Armenian

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Etymology

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Either formed in Armenian as սպայ (spay) +‎ -ա- (-a-) +‎ պետ (pet) or borrowed wholly from Middle Persian *spʾdpt' (*spāybed).

Noun

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սպայապետ (spayapet)

  1. Alternative form of սպարապետ (sparapet)

References

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  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “սպայապետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Perixanjan, A. G. (1993) Материалы к этимологическому словарю древнеармянского языка. Часть I [Materials for the Etymological Dictionary of the Old Armenian Language. Part 1]‎[1] (in Russian), Yerevan: Academy Press, page 18