North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ħarχi ( ~ -ē)

Meaning: trip, march

Proto-Lak: aIrχ:i

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔarχIa ( ~ -χ:I-)

Proto-Lezghian: *ja(r)χI(a)

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Cf. also Hurr., Urart. χārǝ 'road, march; way' (probably dissimilated < *χarχi). In [Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 62] the HU root is compared with Tsakh. wuhur 'street', but since the Tsakhur word is absolutely isolated (the comparison - ibid. - with Chech. ūram 'street' should be certainly abandoned, because Chech. ūram is a recent borrowing from Turkic), we now prefer the comparison of HU *χāri with EC *ħarχi.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: aIrχ:i

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: trip, march, journey

Lak form: aIrχ:i

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *ʔarχIa ( ~ -χ:I-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: road, journey

Akusha: arħaI

Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *ja(r)χI(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: foot-travelling

Lezghian: jaχ

Comment: Cf. also jaχ-di 'by foot'. The root is attested only in Lezg., but has probable external parallels.

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