цицхолг

Ingush

Etymology

From earlier цицгӏолг (cicğolg), borrowing from Kumyk чычкъан (çıçqan, “mouse”) or Kipchak-Cuman, compare with Karaim сычавул (“big rat”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sɪt͡sχolɡ/

Noun

цицхолг • (cicxolg) class jj

  1. rat

References
  • Genko, Anatolii N. (1930) “Из культурного прошлого ингушей [From the cultural past of the Ingush]”, in Записки коллегии востоковедов при Азиатском музее АН СССР, volume V, Leningrad, page 757 of 681–761: “cycgholg”
  • Macijev, A. G., Ozdojev, I. A., Džamalxanov, Z. D. (1962) Нохчийн-гӏалгӏайн-оьрсийн словарь / Чеченско-ингушско-русский словарь [Chechen–Ingush–Russian dictionary] (in Russian), Grozny: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 114: “цицхолг ― cicxolg”
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