vardapet

Meaning

Noun

• A highly educated archimandrite in the Armenian Apostolic Church tradition who holds a Doctorate in Theology.

Origin

• Borrowed from Armenian վարդապետ, from Old Armenian վարդապետ ("teacher; vardapet"), from a South- word of the form *vard(a)-pet, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *warj- ("to do; to work; to till#Verb") (from Proto-Indo-European *werǵ- ("to [[make#Verb"), whence Old Persian ("to work") in the given name 𐎠𐎼𐎫𐎺𐎼𐎮𐎡𐎹) + Proto-Iranian *pati- (from Proto-Indo-European *pótis ("master; [[ruler"), whence Old Armenian պետ ("chief, commander"), Parthian *pet).