𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼

Aghwan

Etymology

𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙 (č̣aṭar, “temple”) +‎ -𐔼 (-i, genitive suffix) +‎ 𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼 (bån'i, “great”), literally “great one of the temple”, compare Old Armenian տաճարապետ (tačarapet)

Noun

𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼 (č̣aṭaribån'i)

1. temple chief
   • Bible John.2,8:

     𐕢𐔶𐕎𐕒𐔴𐕎 𐕈𐕚 𐕆𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕎 𐕆𐔴𐔱𐕒𐕄𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕎 𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙𐔼𐔱𐕈𐔿𐔼𐕒𐕒𐕡𐕇

     pēnoen ås heq̇anan heboḳanan č̣aṭaribån'ioux̣

     He said to them, take (them) now (and) bring (them) to the lord of the temple.

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, page III-2