սաղաւարտ

Old Armenian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Iranian *sārawart(i), from Old Iranian *sāravarti- (headcover), from Proto-Iranian *sār- (head) (whence Persian سر (sar)) and *var- (to cover) (whence վարտիք (vartikʿ)). Compare Classical Syriac ܣܢܘܪܬܐ (sanwartā), an Iranian loanword.

Noun

սաղաւարտ (saławart)

  1. (military) helmet, casque, helm, headpiece, morion
  2. cap, diadem, tiara of a royal official
  3. (Christianity) crown of a clergyman, especially of a bishop

Declension

Derived terms

  • սաղաւարտաւոր (saławartawor)
  • սաղաւարտեմ (saławartem)

Descendants

  • Armenian: սաղավարտ (sałavart)
  • Middle Armenian: սաղուարտ (sałuart)

References

  • Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), սաղաւարտ”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
  • Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), սաղաւարտ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press
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