ասպետ

See also: Ասպետ

Armenian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Old Armenian ասպետ (aspet).

Pronunciation

• (Eastern Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑsˈpet/, [ɑspét]
• (Western Armenian) IPA^(key): /ɑsˈbed/, [ɑspéd]

• Audio (Eastern Armenian):

  (file)

Noun

ասպետ • (aspet)

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

Declension

i-type, animate (Eastern Armenian)

	singular	plural
nominative	ասպետ (aspet)	ասպետներ (aspetner)
dative	ասպետի (aspeti)	ասպետների (aspetneri)
ablative	ասպետից (aspeticʻ)	ասպետներից (aspetnericʻ)
instrumental	ասպետով (aspetov)	ասպետներով (aspetnerov)
locative	—	—
	definite forms
nominative	ասպետը/ասպետն (aspetə/aspetn)	ասպետները/ասպետներն (aspetnerə/aspetnern)
dative	ասպետին (aspetin)	ասպետներին (aspetnerin)
	1st person possessive forms (my)
nominative	ասպետս (aspets)	ասպետներս (aspetners)
dative	ասպետիս (aspetis)	ասպետներիս (aspetneris)
ablative	ասպետիցս (aspeticʻs)	ասպետներիցս (aspetnericʻs)
instrumental	ասպետովս (aspetovs)	ասպետներովս (aspetnerovs)
locative	—	—
	2nd person possessive forms (your)
nominative	ասպետդ (aspetd)	ասպետներդ (aspetnerd)
dative	ասպետիդ (aspetid)	ասպետներիդ (aspetnerid)
ablative	ասպետիցդ (aspeticʻd)	ասպետներիցդ (aspetnericʻd)
instrumental	ասպետովդ (aspetovd)	ասպետներովդ (aspetnerovd)
locative	—	—

Derived terms

• ասպետական (aspetakan)
• ասպետաբար (aspetabar)
• ասպետորեն (aspetoren)

Old Armenian

Etymology

PIE word
*h₁éḱwos

PIE word
*pótis

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

Noun

ասպետ • (aspet)

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

Declension

i-a-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ասպետ (aspet)		ասպետք (aspetkʻ)
genitive	ասպետի (aspeti)		ասպետաց (aspetacʻ)
dative	ասպետի (aspeti)		ասպետաց (aspetacʻ)
accusative	ասպետ (aspet)		ասպետս (aspets)
ablative	ասպետէ (aspetē)		ասպետաց (aspetacʻ)
instrumental	ասպետաւ (aspetaw)		ասպետաւք = ասպետօք (aspetawkʻ = aspetōkʻ)
locative	ասպետի (aspeti)		ասպետս (aspets)

i-type

	singular		plural
nominative	ասպետ (aspet)		ասպետք (aspetkʻ)
genitive	ասպետի (aspeti)		ասպետից (aspeticʻ)
dative	ասպետի (aspeti)		ասպետից (aspeticʻ)
accusative	ասպետ (aspet)		ասպետս (aspets)
ablative	ասպետէ (aspetē)		ասպետից (aspeticʻ)
instrumental	ասպետիւ (aspetiw)		ասպետիւք (aspetiwkʻ)
locative	ասպետի (aspeti)		ասպետս (aspets)

Derived terms

• ասպետություն (aspetutʻyun)
• վերջասպետ (verǰaspet)

Related terms

• պետ (pet)
• հասբ (hasb)

Descendants

• → Armenian: ասպետ (aspet) (learned)
• → 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^[1], 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^[2], 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