𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽𐕒𐕡𐕎𐔰𐕝𐔰𐔾

Aghwan

Etymology

From 𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽 (x̣uˁ, “stone”) +‎ -𐕒𐕡𐕎 (-un, genitive suffix) +‎ 𐔰𐕝𐔰𐔾 (aśal, “ground”), literally “ground of stone”․ Calque of Old Armenian Քարայատակ (Kʻarayatak, “Gabbatha”, literally “stone-ground”) in John 19:13, itself a calque of Ancient Greek Λιθόστρωτον (Lithóstrōton) in the same passage, from λιθόστρωτος (lithóstrōtos, “cobbled”).

Proper noun

𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽𐕒𐕡𐕎𐔰𐕝𐔰𐔾 (x̣uˁunaśal)

1. (biblical) Gabbatha, Lithostrotos, the place where Jesus' was tried before crucifixion

   Synonym: 𐕄𐔰𐕗𐕗𐔰𐔸𐔰 (ḳaṗṗata)

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 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page III-18