Armenian noble titles

thumb|Relief depicting Eachi and Amir Hassan II of the [[Proshian dynasty, . The Proshyans were Nakharars for the Zakarids in historical Armenia during the 13th-14th centuries. Astvatsatsin Spitakavor Monastery, Vayots Dzor, Hermitage Museum, inv. No. AR-619.]] Nakharar ( naxarar, from Parthian naxvadār "holder of the primacy") was a hereditary title of the highest order given to houses of the ancient and medieval Armenian nobility.

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thumb|250px|right|The five principalities of Karabagh (Gyulistan, Jraberd, Khachen, Varanda, Dizak), the last remnant of Armenian statehood (16th century)

Medieval Armenian Title

Azat (; plural ազատք azatkʿ, collective ազատանի azatani) was a class of Armenian nobility; the term came to designate the middle and lower nobility originally, in contrast to the naxarark who were the great lords. From the Late Middle Ages on the term and its derivatives were used to designate the entire body of the nobility.

Aspet (; , Aspetes in contemporary Greek) was a hereditary military title of the Armenian nobility, usually found within the Bagratuni family.

Tanuter (, literally house + lord) was the head of an Armenian nakharar house in ancient and medieval Armenia; the term is equivalent to the Persian arbab. Prior to the Russian annexation of Eastern Armenia in 1828, the village headmen of a melikdom carried the title.