аԥынҵа

Abkhaz

Etymology

From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *pǝ-nǝ-ć̣a,[1] from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *pʷA.[2] Cognate with Abaza пынцӏа (pəncʼa, “nose”), пынцӏыжв (pəncʼəžʷ, “nostril”), Adyghe пэ (pɛ, “nose”), and Kabardian пэ (pɛ).

Compare also Old Armenian պինչ (pinčʻ), Old Georgian პინჩი (ṗinči).

Noun

а-ԥынҵа • (a-pəncʼa)

  1. nose

References
  1. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  2. Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers

Further reading
  • Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 88a
  • Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005) “аԥынҵа”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary]‎, volumes 1–2 (overall work in Abkhaz and Russian), Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 168b
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