аьрзу
Chechen
Etymology
From *аьрцӏу (*ärcʼu), from Old Georgian არწივი (arc̣ivi), ultimately from Old Armenian արծուի (arcui).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ærzuː/
Descendants
(Taking Chechen as representative of all Nakh)
- → Lak: б-арзу (b-arzu)
References
- Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արծուի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 320b
- Lamberterie, Charles de (1978) “Armeniaca I–VIII: études lexicales”, in Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 73, page 252, footnote 47 of 243–285
Further reading
- Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, pages 584–585
- Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “c̣_wämʔV̆”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
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