եպիսկոպոս

Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Armenian եպիսկոպոս (episkopos).

Pronunciation

  • (Eastern Armenian, standard) IPA(key): [jɛpiskɔˈpɔs]
  • Hyphenation: ե‧պիս‧կո‧պոս

Noun

եպիսկոպոս (episkopos)

  1. (Christianity) bishop

Declension


Old Armenian

Alternative forms

  • եպիսկապոս (episkapos)
  • եպիսկովպոս (episkovpos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos), which was also calqued in Armenian as վերադիտող (veraditoł), մակադիտող (makaditoł).

Noun

եպիսկոպոս (episkopos)

  1. (Christianity) bishop

Declension

Derived terms

  • արքեպիսկոպոս (arkʿepiskopos)
  • քորեպիսկոպոս (kʿorepiskopos)

Descendants

References

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