𐔸𐔰𐕙𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕌𐔰𐕎

Either from Aramaic or Classical Syriac ܬܰܪܓܶܡ (targem, “to speak in public; to interpret”), ultimately from Akkadian 𒅴𒁄 (/⁠targumannu, turgumannu⁠/, “interpreter”).

𐔸𐔰𐕙𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕌𐔰𐕎 (targuman)

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Distinguishes itself from both Old Armenian թարգման (tʻargman) and Old Georgian თარგმანი (targmani) counterparts by having preserved the midsyllable vowel "-u-" of Akkadian.

• 𐔸𐔰𐕙𐔲𐕒𐕡𐕌𐔰𐕎𐕒𐕡𐕎 (targumanun)

• 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-I, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page 36