Sino-Caucasian etymology :

Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *ʒ́ăɫhɨ̄́

Meaning: mane, long hair

North Caucasian: *ʒ́ăɫhɨ̄ (~-ō)

Burushaski: *ʒ́al- / *ʒ̣al-

Comments and references : DCE 10.

North Caucasian etymology :

Proto-North Caucasian: *ʒ́ăɫhɨ̄ (~-ō)

Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology

Meaning: mane; nap, pile

Proto-Avaro-Andian: *žali (~ -o-)

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:ã

Proto-Lak: zulū

Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular.

Avar-Andian etymology :

Protoform: *žali (~ -o-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 mane 2 fringe, forelock

Avar: žal 1

Karata: žale 1

Godoberi: žali 1

Comments: Av. paradigm B (žalá-l, žála-l). Resemblance to some Turkic forms ( < PT *jal 'mane') is purely accidental (Kumyk and Azeri - two languages from which the word could have been loaned - both have jal, not žal or ǯal).

Tsezian etymology :

Proto-Tsezian: *ž:ã

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: horse's mane

Bezhta: žaro (Tlad.)

Gunzib: žãru

Comments: The PN paradigm must have been *ž:ã, *ž:aru-, and the PGB form *žãru can only be explained as a merger of the former direct and oblique stems - otherwise there is no way to explain the Gunz. nasalisation (impossible in PTs before -r-).

Lak etymology :

Lak root: zulū

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nap, pile

Lak form: zulū

Burushaski etymology :

Common Burushaski: *ʒ́al- / *ʒ̣al-

Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology

Meaning: 1 strip (of cloth) 2 beard (of goat) 3 long hair (of people) 4 hairy

Yasin: ʒ́aláṣ 4

Hunza: -́ʒ̣al 1, ʒ̣aléi, ʒ̣alíi 2, ʒ́alā́li-miŋ 3

Nagar: ʒ́alā́li-miŋ 3

Comments: Sh. ʒ̣alíi `Wamme des Rindes', ʒ́alā́li `long hair'

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