𐕊𐕒𐕊𐔰

Aghwan

Etymology

Uncertain. Seemingly isolated within Lezgic. Gippert et al. 2009 derive the Udi stem from reduplicated *čːar-čːar-, with further connection to Tsakhur чӏаран (čʼaran), but this is rejected by Kassian.

Adjective

𐕊𐕒𐕊𐔰 (č̣oč̣a)

1. purple or red
   • Bible, John 19.5:

     𐕊𐔴𐔱𐕈𐕆𐔶𐕎𐔴 𐔺̃𐕚 𐕊𐕒𐕆𐕒𐕠 𐔴𐕔𐔰𐕎𐕒𐔴𐕆𐔶 𐕢𐕒𐕡𐕚𐔰𐕄 𐕠𐔰𐕠𐕘𐕒𐕇𐕒𐕠 𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐔺𐔰𐔾 𐕊𐕒𐕊𐔰

     č̣ebåhēne ỹs č̣ohoc efanoehē pusaḳ cacġox̣oc un yal č̣oč̣a

     Jesus came forth, and he was wearing the crown of thorns and the purple robe.

Usage notes

• In the Bible translation, corresponds to Old Armenian ծիրանի (cirani).
• The passage where this word occurs is damaged and the reading is not reliable.

Descendants

• Udi: ч́оч́а (č́oč́a, “red”)

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 II-72, II-75, III-14, III-17
• 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 V-92, V-93
• Kassian, A. (2012) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Lezgian group (North Caucasian family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database‎^[1], 66. RED
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*č_VčV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[2], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers, page 348
• Schulze, Wolfgang (2001) The Udi Gospels: Annotated Text, Etymological Index, Lemmatized Concordance (Languages of the World/Text Library; 5)‎^[3], Munich: Lincom Europa, page 267b