𐕘𐔰𐕙𐕠𐔰𐕌𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎

Aghwan

Etymology

Made from 𐕘𐔰𐕙 (ġar, “son”) +‎ 𐕠𐔰𐕌𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (campesun, “to write”), literally “registering (someone as) child”, compare Old Armenian որդեգրութիւն (ordegrutʻiwn)

Noun

𐕘𐔰𐕙𐕠𐔰𐕌𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 (ġarcampesun)

1. (Christianity) adoption
   • Bible Romans.8,23:

     𐔸𐔴 𐕆𐕒𐕡𐕜𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐕚𐔰 𐔷𐔰𐕎𐔰𐔾 𐔴 𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕘 𐕆𐔴𐔾𐔼𐕎 𐔴𐕔𐔰𐕆𐔰𐕎𐔰𐔺𐕈͞𐕎𐕄𐔴 𐔱𐕒𐕡𐔾𐕌𐕒𐕇 𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼 𐔱𐔼𐔼𐕎 𐕒𐕡𐕆𐕒𐕡𐕒𐔽𐕒𐕌 𐕆𐔴𐔾𐔽𐔰𐕀𐔰𐔷𐔰𐕎 𐕘𐔰𐕙𐕠𐔰𐕌𐕢𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎𐔰𐕇 𐕢𐕒𐕡𐔾𐔴𐕔𐔶 𐕣𐔰𐕙𐕀𐔴𐕚𐔱𐔼𐔺𐔴𐕚𐕒𐕡𐕎𐔰 𐕌𐔰𐕙𐕌𐔼𐔿𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐔱𐔴𐕐𐔼

     te huṭun sun sa žanal e ruġ helin efahanayå͞nḳe bulmox̣ beši biin uhuoˁom helˁaxažan ġarcampesunax̣ pulefē karxesbiyesuna marmin'un beši

     (And) not only up to this, but we, too, who have the fruit of the Spirit, (we) ourselves groan likewise in ourselves, expecting the adoption, the salvation of our body.

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 IV-40