ნახპეტი

Old Georgian

Alternative forms
  • ნახაპეტი (naxaṗeṭi)

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing, possibly via Old Armenian նախապետ (naxapet).

Noun

ნახპეტი • (naxṗeṭi)

  1. governor, head of a city
    • 5th century and later, Bible, Judith 5.2:
      […] ნახპეტთა ზღჳს-კიდისათა […]
      […] naxṗeṭta zɣwis-ḳidisata […]
      […] the governors of the sea coast […]
  2. tribal chief

References
  • Abulaʒe, Ilia (1973) “ნახპეტი”, in Ʒveli kartuli enis leksiḳoni (masalebi) [Dictionary of Old Georgian (Materials)]‎ (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Metsniereba, page 325
  • Gippert, Jost (1993) Iranica Armeno-Iberica: Studien zu den iranischen Lehnwörtern im Armenischen und Georgischen (Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften. Philosophisch-historische Klasse. Sitzungsberichte; 606. Veröffentlichungen der Kommission für Iranistik; 26)‎ (in German), volume I, Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 142–150
  • Rapp, Stephen H. (2014) The Sasanian World through Georgian Eyes: Caucasia and the Iranian Commonwealth in Late Antique Georgian Literature, Ashgate Publishing, page 77
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