𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜

Aghwan

Etymology

Akin to Old Armenian նշխար (nšxar), and together with it borrowed from Iranian. See Persian نشخوار (nešxâr).

Noun

𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜 (nišeq̇aṭ)

1. dinner
   • Bible, John 12.2:

     […] 𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔰𐔺𐕎𐕈̃𐕎 𐕒𐕒𐕡𐕇 𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜

     […] biyaynå̃n oux̣ nišeq̇aṭ

     […] they made a dinner for him...

   • Bible, John 13.2:

     […] 𐔼𐕆𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎𐔰𐕇 𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜𐔼 𐔴𐕝𐔼𐕎

     […] ihesunax̣ nišeq̇aṭi eśin

     […] With the dinner coming up now...

   • Bible, John 13.4:

     […] 𐕆𐔰𐔺𐔵𐔰𐕙𐔼𐕎𐔰𐕛𐔰 𐕎𐔼𐕐𐔴𐕍𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕇𐕒𐕚𐕜𐔰𐔺

     […] hayzarinava nišeq̇aṭax̣osṭay

     […] He rose from dinner...

Descendants

• ⇒ Udi: нишкъатӏ (nišq̇aṭ), нишкъарт (nišq̇art)

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 III-13, III-15