𐕄𐔼𐔾𐕜

Aghwan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλείς, κλειδός (kleís, kleidós) or from its diminutive κλειδίον (kleidíon), likely via Old Georgian კლიტჱ (ḳliṭē).

Noun

𐕄𐔼𐔾𐕜 (ḳilṭ) (plural 𐕄𐔼𐔾𐕜𐕒𐕡𐕇)

1. key
   • Bible Matthew.16,19:

     𐔳𐔰𐕘𐔶𐕍𐔰𐔵𐕛𐔰 𐕄𐔼𐔾𐕜𐕒𐕡𐕇 𐕉𐕒𐕡𐔳𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐕞𐕡𐕀𐕒𐕡𐕎𐕒𐕡𐕎.

     daġēq̇azva ḳilṭux̣ ćudun üwxunun.

     I shall give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven.

Descendants

• Udi: кӏлинтӏ (ḳlinṭ)

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), Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN
• Gippert, Jost (2011) “The linguistic background of Caucasian Albanian literacy”, in Vittorio Springfield Tomelleri et al., editors, Languages and Cultures in the Caucasus. Papers from the International Conference "Current Advances in Caucasian Studies" Macerata, January 21-23, 2010‎^[1], München / Berlin: Otto Sagner, pages 5–10
• Muradyan, Gohar (2012) “Graxosutʻyun, Yost Gippert, Volfgang Šulcʻe, Zaza Alekʻsije, Žan-Pieṙ Mahe, Sinayi leṙan aġvaneren krknagrerə”, in Banber Matenadarani‎^[2] (in Armenian), volume 19, Yerevan, page 437 of 427–438