𐕆𐕒𐔾

Aghwan

Etymology

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

Noun

𐕆𐕒𐔾 (hol)

1. clay

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

• 𐕆𐕒𐔾𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (holbiyesun, “to make (a clod of) clay”)

Further reading

• 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