𐕆𐕒𐔾
Aghwan
editEtymology
editTogether with Old Armenian հող (hoł, “earth, soil”) borrowed from an unidentified Middle Iranian cognate of Northern Kurdish xwelî. See it for more.
Noun
edit𐕆𐕒𐔾 (hol)
Usage notes
editIn the Bible translation corresponds to Old Armenian կաւ (kaw), Old Georgian თიჴაჲ (tiqay), Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós).
Derived terms
edit- 𐕆𐕒𐔾𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (holbiyesun, “to make (a clod of) clay”)
Further reading
edit- Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume I, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page II-56, II-72, III-11, marking the origin as unknown
- Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume II, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page V-54