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կատապան

կատապան

Armenian

Noun

կատապան (katapan)

  1. (historical) a title of governors in medieval Armenia

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • կատեպան (katepan), կատպան (katpan) (for the 2nd sense)

Etymology

Borrowing from Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, title of Byzantine governors), from Vulgar Latin *catapanus, from Late Latin capitaneus. Compare English catapan. See also the Catepanate of Italy.

Noun

կատապան (katapan)

  1. governor of a province; mayor of a town
  2. (post-classical) gardener; watcher of a garden

Declension

Descendants

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), կատապան”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), կատապան”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), կատապան”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935