կատապան

Old Armenian

noun

Definitions

governor of a province; mayor of a town
(post-classical) gardener; watcher of a garden

Etymology

Borrowed from κατεπάνω (or the topmost, placed at the top, title of Byzantine governors).

Origin

κατεπάνω

Gloss

or the topmost, placed at the top, title of Byzantine governors

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

capitaneus Latin
კატაბანი Georgian
κατεπάνω gkm
ܩܛܐܒܢ Classical Syriac