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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *bʕaltkē
Meaning: a big hoofed animal
Notes: The PEC reconstruction is somewhat dubious, first of all because of the unique cluster *-ltk- in the stem. Cf. also an interesting Lak-Darg. isogloss, pointing to a reconstruction *b(H)VldV: Lak. burt:ij 'on horse-back', burt:ijhu 'rider', PD *murt:a 'rider' (Ak. murda, Chir. mart:a). All the listed forms can be in fact old loanwords from Alanic (Scythian), cf. Scyth. *bālya- 'troup of horse riders', *bālti- 'horse ride' - reconstructed on basis of Osset. bal, balc and going back to an Iranian verbal stem *bār- 'to mount, ride (on horse-back)'. Other reflexes of this verb in Ossetian are bajrag 'foal, stallion' and baräg 'horse-rider' (whence a later Nakh loanword: Chech. bērī, Ing. bäri).
caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *barti (~-o-)
Meaning: stallion
Avar: bárti
Akhvakh: bati
Tindi: barti
Bagvalal: bʕarti (Tlond.)
Comments: Av. paradigm A (bártu-l, búrt-bi/bárta-bi). Cf. also Akhv. Tseg., Ratl. barti. Cham. bart (in all dialects) is probably a late Avar loan (otherwise loss of -r- in U.-Gakv. and Gad. would be expected); other forms also could be loaned from Avar. Av. (or Tind.) > Inkh. barti.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-akv,aandet-tnd,aandet-bgv,aandet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: balčan
Meaning: horse
Lak form: balčan (dial.)
Comments: The form is quoted from Хайдаков 1966; possibly a borrowing (cf. Lezg. forms).
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,laket-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *p:artken (~ b-)
Meaning: deer
Akusha: bartken
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *p:al[k]an
Meaning: horse
Lezghian: balḳan
Tsakhur: balkan
Kryz: balkän
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl., Akht. p:alk:an. The PL form is somewhat hard to reconstruct: Lezg. and Kryz. forms would point to *p:alƛ̣:an (with a unique combination *-lƛ̣:-); in this case the Tsakh. form should be regarded as a borrowing from Shakh-Dagh languages. On the other hand, peculiar reflexes could be due to the very peculiar cluster *-ltk- in PEC.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-comment,
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