Lezghian etymology :

Proto-Lezghian: *t:iʎ:ʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cloud

Lezghian: c:if

Tabasaran: dif

Agul: dif

Kryz: ǯif

Budukh: ǯuf

Archi: diʎʷ

Comment: Other relevant forms: Tab. Khür. dif:, Ag. Bursh. dif:, Arch. erg. diʎ:ʷili, pl. doʎ:or (all pointing to PL *ʎ:ʷ). Vowel base unclear (mostly consonantal affixes in modern languages). 4th class in Arch., Kryz. and Bud. See Гигинейшвили 1977, 76; Талибов 1980, 279.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *dilʎ_wV

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cloud

Proto-Lak: t:urlu

Proto-Dargwa: *dirixʷ

Proto-Lezghian: *t:iʎ:ʷ

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Lak. -rl- < *-rʎ- < *-lʎ- (with preservation of the lateral quality of *ʎ after a liquid). See Trubetzkoy 1922, 240.

Lak etymology :

Lak root: t:urlu

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: cloud

Lak form: t:urlu

Comments: 4th class.

Dargwa etymology :

Proto-Dargwa: *dirixʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 cloud 2 fog

Akusha: dirix 1

Chiragh: dirixʷ 2

Comments: Cf. also Ur. diriw, Tsud. dirix 'cloud', Kub. dīxʷ 'fog' etc. [NB: the spelling Chir. dirix:ʷ in the latest MSU recordings is obviously faulty: Ur. -w points unambiguously to PD *-xʷ].

Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *dílʎwV

Meaning: dust, cloud

North Caucasian: *dilʎ_wV

Burushaski: *duldúm

Comments and references : DCE 23.

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *duldúm

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: rising cloud (of dust, smoke)

Hunza: duldúm

Nagar: duldúm

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