Where does “րաբունապետ” come from?

րաբունապետ (Old Armenian) comes from Old Armenian պետ, from Parthian pet.

րաբունապետ (Old Armenian): head teacher, headmaster, rabunapet learned master in a college of high theological and philosophical learning

Definitions

  1. head teacher, headmaster, rabunapet learned master in a college of high theological and philosophical learning

Ancestry of “րաբունապետ”, step by step

րաբունապետ traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Old Armenian պետ

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianպետchief, commander; beginning
2Parthianpet—

via Old Armenian րաբուն

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Armenianրաբուն—
Every word from Parthian pet →Every word from Old Armenian պետ →