๐•†๐”ด๐”ฑ๐”ผ๐”บ๐”ฐ๐”บ๐•’

Aghwan

Etymology

From ๐•†๐”ด๐”ฑ๐”ผ๐”บ๐”ฐ (hebiya, โ€œsendโ€, verb) +โ€Ž -๐”บ- (-y-, glide) +โ€Ž -๐•’ (-o, absolutive suffix), literally "The sent one". Probably a calque of Ancient Greek แผ€ฯ€ฯŒฯƒฯ„ฮฟฮปฮฟฯ‚ (apรณstolos), like Old Armenian ีกีผีกึ„ีฅีกีฌ (aแน™akสปeal).

Noun

๐•†๐”ด๐”ฑ๐”ผ๐”บ๐”ฐ๐”บ๐•’ (hebiyayo) (plural ๐•†๐”ด๐”ฑ๐”ผ๐”บ๐”ฐ๐”บ๐•ˆฬƒ๐•™)

  1. (Christianity) Apostle

Further reading

  • Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahรฉ J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, โ†’ISBN, page xxii
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