պետութիւն

Old Armenian

Etymology

From պետ (pet) + -ութիւն (-utʻiwn).

Noun

պետութիւն • (petutʻiwn)

  1. command, rule, reign, sway, domination, dominion, authority, power
    պետութիւնքpetutʻiwnkʻpowers (hierarchy of angels)
    հոգեւոր պետութիւնքhogewor petutʻiwnkʻecclesiastical principalities, bishops, etc
  2. government, state, kingdom, empire

Declension

Descendants

  • Armenian: պետություն (petutʻyun)

References

  • Petrosean, Matatʻeay (1879) “պետութիւն”, in Nor Baṙagirkʻ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
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