Aghwan edit

Etymology edit

Together with Old Armenian հող (hoł, earth, soil) borrowed from an unidentified Middle Iranian cognate of Northern Kurdish xwelî. See it for more.

Noun edit

𐕆𐕒𐔾 (hol)

  1. clay

Usage notes edit

In the Bible translation corresponds to Old Armenian կաւ (kaw), Old Georgian თიჴაჲ (tiqay), Ancient Greek πηλός (pēlós).

Derived terms edit

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