կատապան

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian կատապան (katapan).

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /kɑtɑˈpɑn/,
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɡɑdɑˈbɑn/,

կատապան • (katapan)

1. (historical) a title of governors in medieval Armenia

• կատեպան (katepan), կատպան (katpan) — for the 2nd sense only

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, “title of Byzantine governors”), from Vulgar Latin *catapanus, from Late Latin capitaneus. Compare English catapan. See also the Catepanate of Italy.

կատապան • (katapan)

1. governor of a province; mayor of a town
2. (post-Classical) gardener; watcher of a garden

• → Armenian: կատապան (katapan) (learned)
• → Old Georgian: კატაბანი (ḳaṭabani)
• → Classical Syriac: ܩܛܐܒܢ (qaṭṭā(ʾ)bān)

• Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “կատապան”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կատապան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 537ab
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1881) “Armeniaca. II”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 35, number 4, page 664 of 654–663
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1884) “Iranica”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 38, page 432 of 423–432
• Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “կատապան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy