vardapet means A highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.
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vardapet is pronounced /ˈvɑːdəpɛt/.
Etymology
Borrowed from Armenian վարդապետ (vardapet), from Old Armenian վարդապետ (vardapet, “teacher; vardapet”), from a South-Western Iranian word of the form *vard(a)-pet (literally “master of students; master of work”), ultimately from Proto-Iranian *warj- (“to do; to work; to till the land”) (from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- (“to make”), whence Old Persian vard- (“to work”) in the given name 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎺𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹 (Artavardiya-)) + Proto-Iranian *pati- (from Proto-Indo-European *pótis (“master; ruler”), whence Old Armenian պետ (pet, “chief, commander”), Parthian *pet).
noun
- A highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.
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