𐕆𐔴𐔾𐔽𐔰𐕀𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎

Aghwan

Etymology

From 𐕆𐔴𐔾 (hel, “spirit”, noun) +‎ 𐔽𐔰𐕀𐔴 (ˁaxe, “emit”, verb) +‎ -𐕒𐕡𐕎 (-un, infinitive). The formation is comparable to Old Armenian յոգւոց հանել (yogwocʻ hanel, “to sigh”, literally “to emit from spirits”); see հոգոց (hogocʻ).

Verbal noun

𐕆𐔴𐔾𐔽𐔰𐕀𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (helˁaxesun)

1. to sigh

Descendants

• Udi: ахпесун (aχpesun)

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 2, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page 78