նահապետ

Etymology
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Noun

 * 1) patriarch

Etymology
Borrowed from a compound meaning "family-head", whose first component is the Iranian word for "navel", figuratively also meaning "family" (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, ), and the second is the etymon of.

The form is either because of reanalysis within Armenian as  or is wholly borrowed from a parallel Iranian formation containing the etymon of  and meaning "lord of the first".

The compound is attested as 🇨🇬, a title appearing in the, and as 🇨🇬, a title appearing in the Reliquary Inscription of Senavaṃma.

Noun

 * 1) patriarch