Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *gigar ( ~ -or)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mug

Tindi: ǵiǵar

Comments: A reduplicated form; attested only in Tind., but having probable external parallels.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *gōrV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: a k. of vessel

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *gigar ( ~ -or)

Proto-Lezghian: *k:or(a)

Proto-West Caucasian: *k:ara ( ~ g-)

Notes: The root is not widely spread, but seems phonetically and semantically reliable. It must have denoted some middle-sized wooden vessel.

    Cf. perhaps also Urart. kerǝ 'bowl' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 55), although the vocalism raises doubts.

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *k:or(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cup, basin

Lezghian: k:ur

Rutul: gɨr (Shin.)

Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl. k:ɨr id. Oblique base unknown.

Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :

Proto-West-Caucasian: *k:ara ( ~ g-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cradle

Abkhaz: a-gára

Abaza: gara

Comments: PAT *gara.

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *gōrV

Meaning: a k. of vessel

North Caucasian: *gōrV

Sino-Tibetan: ? OC *kraʔ round basket

Burushaski: *girán

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *girán

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: large basket

Yasin: gran, girán

Hunza: girán

Nagar: girán

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