սաղաւարտ

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Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *sārawart(i), from Old Iranian *sāravarti- (headcover), from Proto-Iranian *sār- (head) (whence Persian سر (sar)) and *var- (to cover) (whence վարտիք (vartikʻ)). Compare Classical Syriac ܣܢܘܪܬܐ (sanwartā), an Iranian loanword.

Noun

սաղաւարտ (saławart)

  1. (military) helmet, casque, helm, headpiece, morion
  2. cap, diadem, tiara of a royal official
  3. (Christianity) crown of a clergyman, especially of a bishop

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Armenian: սաղավարտ (saġavart)
  • Middle Armenian: սաղուարտ (saġuart)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “սաղաւարտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971–1979) “սաղաւարտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press