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Old Armenian
Etymology
An Iranian borrowing; compare Middle Persian (hndlcpt' /handarzbed/, “chancellor”). For the constituents see անդարձ (andarj) and պետ (pet). Influenced by հանդերձ (handerj).
Noun
հանդերձապետ • (handerjapet)
- a Persian court official, chancellor, handarzbed
- intendant, steward, manager
5th century,
Bible,
1 Kings 16.9:
- Եւ ժողովեաց ի վերայ նորա Զամբրի ծառայ իւր՝ իշխան կիսոյ սպառազինաց․ եւ նա ըմպէր եւ արբեալ էր ի տանն Արսայ հանդերձապետի ի Թերսա։
- Ew žołoveacʻ i veray nora Zambri caṙay iwr, išxan kisoy spaṙazinacʻ; ew na əmpēr ew arbeal ēr i tann Arsay handerjapeti i Tʻersa.
- And his servant Zimri, captain of half chariots, conspired against him, as he was in Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza steward of house in Tirzah.
Usage notes
When speaking of Persian officials the authors use the form անդերձապետ (anderjapet).
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Further reading
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “անդերձապետ”, 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 188–189
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “հանդերձապետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Awetikʻean, G., Siwrmēlean, X., Awgerean, M. (1836–1837) “անդերձապետ”, in Nor baṙgirkʻ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1897) Armenische Grammatik. 1. Theil: Armenische Etymologie (in German), Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, pages 99, 179
- Nyberg, H. S. (1974) A Manual of Pahlavi, Part II: Glossary, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, page 94b
- Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “հանդերձապետ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy