վարդպետ
Middle Armenian
Etymology
From Old Armenian վարդապետ (vardapet).
Noun
վարդպետ • (vardpet), genitive singular վարդպետի (vardpeti)
- (ecclesiastical) vardapet
- teacher
- skilled craftsman (e.g. architect, stonemason)
Derived terms
- վարպետ (varpet)
References
- Łazaryan, Ṙ. S.; Avetisyan, H. M. (2009), “վարդպետ”, in Miǰin hayereni baṙaran [Dictionary of Middle Armenian] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “վարդապետ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press