хачахенахунчиштӏун

Udi

Etymology

From хач (χač, “cross”, noun) +‎ -а (-a, dative suffix) +‎ хена (χena, “water”, noun) +‎ -хун (-χun, ablative suffix) +‎ чиштӏун (čišṭun, “to take out”, verb).

Proper noun

хачахенахунчиштӏун • (χačaχenaχunčišṭun)

1. (Christianity) Ceremony of taking the cross out of the water during Epiphany

See also

• (Vartashen dialect): хаччъоелчичсун (χačč:oelčičsun)

Further reading

• Gukasjan, Vorošil (1974) “хачахенахунчиштӏун”, in Удинско-азербайджанско-русский словарь [Udi–Azerbaijani–Russian Dictionary]‎^[1], Baku: Academy Press, page 220