𐕣𐔰𐔴𐕎
Aghwan
Etymology
From a Proto-Northeast Caucasian source meaning 'light', possibly Proto-Lezghian *ʡakʷa(n), compare Akhvakh квани (kʷani, “light”), Lak чани (čani, “light”), Karata коно (kono, “light”), Hunzib канлъи (kanλi, “light”), Hinukh канлъи (kanλi, “light”).
Noun
𐕣𐔰𐔴𐕎 (kaen)
Derived terms
- 𐕣𐔰𐔴𐕎𐔼𐕀𐔰𐕅𐕒𐕡𐕌 (kaenixal'um)
Descendants
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-75
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers