ասպետ

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See also: Ասպետ

Armenian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Armenian ասպետ (aspet).

Pronunciation

Noun

ասպետ (aspet)

  1. knight
  2. (historical) aspet (Armenian hereditary title)

Declension

Derived terms

Old Armenian

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos
PIE word
*pótis

Borrowed from Iranian, literally “horse-master”, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *Hácwapatiš.

Noun

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ասպետ (aspet)

  1. knight
  2. (historical) aspet (Armenian hereditary title)

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: ասպետ (aspet)
  • Arabic: اسباته (asbāta)
  • Byzantine Greek: ἀσπὲτ (aspèt)

References

  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “ասպետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, pages 274–275
  • Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836) “ասպետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), volume I, Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 316b
  • Gignoux, Philippe (1972) Glossaire des Inscriptions Pehlevies et Parthes [Glossary of Pahlavi and Parthians Inscriptions] (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Supplementary Series; 1) (in French), London: Lund Humphries, pages 17a, 47a
  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “ասպետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy, page 65a
  • Bailey, H. W. (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 2. Iranian loanwords in Armenian”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 464b of 459–465
  • Schmitt, Rüdiger (1987) “Armenia and Iran IV. Iranian influences in Armenian 1. General”, in Ehsan Yarshater, editor, Encyclopædia Iranica, volume 2, London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul, page 451b of 445–459
  • Toumanoff, C. (1987) “Aspet”, in Encyclopædia Iranica, online edition, New York, retrieved 2016-04-16