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Modern (Beijing) reading: dí
Preclassic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ēkʷ
Classic Old Chinese: Ł(h)ēuk
Western Han Chinese: ljāuk (~ Łh-)
Eastern Han Chinese: liāuk (~ lh-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēuk
Middle Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēk
Late Postclassic Chinese: d(h)iēk
Middle Chinese: diek
English meaning : pheasant
Russian meaning[s]: 1) маньчжурский длиннохвостый фазан; 2) варвары, вм. 狄; [zhái] Чжай (фамилия)
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 124
Four-angle index: 934
Karlgren code: 1124 a-b
Shijing occurrences: 38.3_, 47.2_, 57.3
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-oshanin,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,bigchina-shijing,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ƛēkʷ
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of bird
Chinese: *Ł_ēkʷ pheasant.
Tibetan: lćog-ma, lćo-gu lark.
Kachin: to2-, -to4 a sp. of lark (in compounds, e. g. to2-muŋ1, khǝto4) (?).
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-tib,stibet-kach,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ƛ̣éƛ̣(w)ē
Meaning: a k. of bird
North Caucasian: *ƛ̣_eƛ̣ē
Sino-Tibetan: *ƛēkʷ
Burushaski: *tal
Comments and references : DCE 16; In LV B19 alternatively compared with PNC *lɨnƛ_wē 'pigeon'.
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Proto-North Caucasian: *ƛ̣_eƛ̣ē
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of bird
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ƛ̣:Vƛ̣:V
Proto-Lezghian: *ƛ̣:eƛ̣:(a)
Proto-Khinalug: ḳaḳid
Notes: An Av.-Lezg. isogloss; since we do not know what bird is meant by Av. ƛ̣:iƛ̣:í, the comparison is questionable (although the phonetic match is exact).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-comment,

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *ƛ̣:Vƛ̣:V
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of song-bird
Avar: ƛ̣:iƛ̣:í
Comments: Cf. also ƛ̣:íƛ̣:i-diro 'a k. of variegated bird'.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-comment,

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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ƛ̣:eƛ̣:(a)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 cock 2 partridge
Lezghian: ḳek 1
Agul: k:ek: 1
Kryz: käkäl 2
Budukh: kakɨl 2
Comment: Cf. also Lezg. Khl. k:ek (pl. k:ek:-er), Ag. Burk. k:ek: id. In Kryz. and Bud. - a suffixed form with a frequent nominal suffix *-l. Semantically Proto-Shakhdagh *käkV-l was probably influenced by Azer. käklik 'partridge' (although a loan from Azer. is excluded for phonetic reasons).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-agu,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-comment,

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Khinalug etymology :

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Khinalug root: ḳaḳid
North Caucasian etymology: 1144
Meaning: partridge
Khinalug form: ḳaḳid
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,

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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *tal
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: dove
Yasin: tal
Hunza: tal
Nagar: tal
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,

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