𐕜𐔰𐕗𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔼

Aghwan

Etymology

From Old Armenian տապանակ (tapanak) and տապան (tapan), might be from Mesopotamian languages through Middle Persian, ultimately from a merger of Egyptian

(ḏbꜣt, “sarcophagus, coffin”) and

(dbt, “chest, box”); compare Demotic tbyt (“sarcophagus, shrine, chest”), dbt, and tbt (“chest”) and Coptic ⲧⲁⲓⲃⲉ (taibe, “chest, coffin”). Other later cognates might include Persian تبنگو (tabangu, “a wicker-basket”), Ottoman Turkish تبنكی (tebengi, “wicker-basket”), Tajik табангу (tabangu, “basket”) and Chagatai تبنگو (tebengü, “saddle side”).

Noun

𐕜𐔰𐕗𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔼 (ṭaṗangi)

1. (Judaism) The Ark
2. ark

Derived terms

• 𐕜𐔰𐕗𐔰𐕎𐔲𐔼 𐔳𐔰𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕘𐕒𐔺 (ṭaṗangi daguġoy)

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-9