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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *=īƛ̣wV́l-
Meaning: to break, tear
North Caucasian: *=ēƛ̣wV(l)
Sino-Tibetan: *rūɫ (~-uaɫ)
Yenisseian: *ʔil (~x-,-ĺ,-r)
Burushaski: *-ltúr-
Basque: *leher̄
Comments and references : WFR 115, DCE 33.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *=ēƛ̣wV(l)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to burst, tear
Proto-Tsezian: *=uƛ̣- ( ~ =ɨƛ̣ʷ-)
Proto-Dargwa: *=iḳ-
Proto-Lezghian: *ṭ-eƛ̣ʷäl-
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The Tsez-Lezg. correspondence is quite plausible; in Darg., however, irregular is the loss of *-l-conjugation. This makes us suspect that the Darg. form may be alternatively compared with PL *ʔelḳ[ɨ]- 'to finish; to stop breast-feeding' (Tab. k:ud-u=ḳ- 'finish', Ag. ḳ-irḳʷ-, Bursh. k:-erḳi- id., Rut. s-i=rḳa- 'stop breast-feeding').
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *=uƛ̣- ( ~ =ɨƛ̣ʷ-)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to burst, tear
Bezhta: =üƛ̣- (Tlad.)
Gunzib: =uƛ̣-
Comments: PGB *=uƛ̣- (cf. also Khosh. =üƛ̣-).
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *=iḳ-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to separate
Akusha: =iḳ-/=irḳ- (Ur.)
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ṭ-eƛ̣ʷäl-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to burst, split
Tabasaran: ṭu=ḳ-
Agul: ṭulḳan- (Bursh.)
Rutul: ṭu=q̇ʷe-
Tsakhur: ʁu-ṭo=ḳal-
Kryz: ṭo=q̇l-
Budukh: so-ṭo=q̇l-
Udi: t:op:
Comment: A verb with the common PL expressive preverb *ṭ-.
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *rūɫ (~-uaɫ)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: rag, demolish, ruin
Chinese: *rōns disorder, confusion.
Tibetan: hrul ragged, tattered, raggedness; ruins.
Burmese: rwij to chop, cut.
Kachin: run2 to pull down, to raze or demolish.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: luàn
Preclassic Old Chinese: rōns
Classic Old Chinese: rwānh
Western Han Chinese: rwānh
Eastern Han Chinese: rwānh
Early Postclassic Chinese: lwā̀n
Middle Postclassic Chinese: lwā̀n
Late Postclassic Chinese: lwā̀n
Middle Chinese: lwần
English meaning : to rebell, make trouble, disorder
Russian meaning[s]: 1) беспорядок, хаос; смута; смятение; бунт; 2) беда, несчастье; [luán] 1) смешать(ся), спутать(ся); взбунтоваться; безобразничать; 2) кое-как, в беспорядке; как попало; 3) разврат; развратничать; 4) древн. приводить в порядок, упорядочивать; 5) муз. кода
Comments: Used also for a homonymous *rōn-s 'to cross a river'. Regular Sino-Viet. is loạn. Another colloquial loan from the same source is Viet. lộn 'to confuse, confound, mixed'. For *r- cf. Xiamen luan6, Chaozhou lueŋ4, Fuzhou luaŋ6, Jianou luiŋ6.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Dialectal data: Dialectal data
Radical: 5
Four-angle index: 6909
Karlgren code: 0180 a-c
Vietnamese reading: lẫn
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Chinese Dialects :

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Number: 1576
Chinese etymology: Chinese etymology
Character:
MC description : 山合一去換來
ZIHUI: 0052 1929
Beijing: luan 3
Jinan: luã 3
Xi'an: luã 3
Taiyuan: luä̃ 3
Hankou: nan 3
Chengdu: nuan 3
Yangzhou: luõ 3
Suzhou: lö 32
Wenzhou: lö 32
Changsha: nõ 32
Shuangfeng: nuɛ̃ 32
Nanchang: lɔn 32
Meixian: lɔn 3
Guangzhou: lyn 32
Xiamen: luan 32
Chaozhou: lueŋ 22
Fuzhou: luaŋ 32
Shanghai: lö 32
Zhongyuan yinyun: lon 3
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Yenisseian etymology :

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Proto-Yenisseian: *ʔil (~x-,-ĺ,-r)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: to break, split
Ket: iĺbǝt6 / iĺvǝt6
Yug: ilbɛt́5,6
Comments: ССЕ 193. Cf. also Imb. ilaq6 'chip, splinter' ("split wood"), iĺ, iĺĺeś (Werner 1, 357) "Krümchen", ílɨŋ 'slivers' (Werner 1, 361), Yug ílɨŋ id. (ibid.). Werner 1, 357, 358 (but the suggested semantics *'small' seems to be not justified by any evidence).
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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *-ltúr-
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: to break, split, tear
Yasin: túr-, du-ltúr-
Hunza: turú-, -ltúr-
Nagar: turú-, -ltúr-
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Basque etymology :

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Proto-Basque: *leher̄
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 to burst, explode, smash 2 to be burst, exploded, smashed
Bizkaian: ler-tu 1, 2
Gipuzkoan: ler-tu 1, 2
Low Navarrese: leher 1, leher-tu 1, 2
Salazarese: leer-tu 1, 2
Lapurdian: leher 1, leher-tu 1, 2
Baztanese: leer-tu 1, 2
Zuberoan: leher 1, leher-tu 1, 2
Comments: The radical *leher̄ is used with the auxiliary *e=gin 'to do, make' (q.v.). Secondarily this word also has meanings like 'to be exhausted, tired, break down', etc.
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