ნახპეტი
Old Georgian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ნახაპეტი (naxaṗeṭi)
Etymology
[edit]An Iranian borrowing, possibly via Old Armenian նախապետ (naxapet).
Noun
[edit]ნახპეტი • (naxṗeṭi)
- governor, head of a city
- 5th century and later, Bible, Judith 5.2:
- […] ნახპეტთა ზღჳს-კიდისათა […]
- […] naxṗeṭta zɣwis-ḳidisata […]
- […] the governors of the sea coast […]
- […] ნახპეტთა ზღჳს-კიდისათა […]
- tribal chief
References
[edit]- Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ნახპეტი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)][1] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 325
- Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)[2] (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 142–150
- Rapp, Stephen H. (2014) The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Ashgate Publishing, page 77