𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽𐕒𐕡𐕎𐔰𐕝𐔰𐔾
Aghwan
Etymology
From 𐕇𐕒𐕡𐔽 (x̣uˁ, “stone”) + -𐕒𐕡𐕎 (-un, genitive suffix) + 𐔰𐕝𐔰𐔾 (aśal, “ground”), literally “ground of stone”․ Calque of Old Armenian Քարայատակ (Kʿarayatak, “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)
- (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