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Aghwan
Etymology
Akin to Old Armenian նշխար (nšxar), and together with it borrowed from Iranian. See Persian نشخوار (nešxâr).
Noun
𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜 (nišeq̇aṭ)
- dinner
Bible,
John 12.2:
- 𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺𐕎𐕈̃𐕎 𐕒𐕒𐕡𐕇 𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜
- biyaynå̃n oux̣ nišeq̇aṭ
- they made a dinner for him...
Bible,
John 13.2:
- 𐔼𐕆𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎𐔰𐕇 𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜𐔼 𐔴𐕝𐔼𐕎
- ihesunax̣ nišeq̇aṭi eśin
- With the dinner coming up now...
Bible,
John 13.4:
- 𐕆𐔰𐔺𐔵𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕎𐔰𐕛𐔰 𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕇𐕒𐕚𐕜𐔰𐔺
- hayzarinava nišeq̇aṭax̣osṭay
- He rose from dinner...
Descendants
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-13, III-15