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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *č̣Hā́rV
Meaning: wet; rainy
Burushaski: ćur 'drop, drip'; ćúro 'urine'
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *č̣HārV
Meaning: wet; fish
Notes: The PN-Lezg. isogloss is quite satisfactory phonetically and semantically (the correlation "wet" : "fish" is quite common in NC languages); some doubts are raised only by the scarcity of reflexes in Lezghian (only Archi).
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *č̣ʕāre
Meaning: fish
Chechen: č̣āra
Ingush: č̣q̇ära
Batsbi: č̣arĕ
Comments: 6th class in all languages. Cf. also Shar. č̣q̇ēri, It. č̣q̇ēra.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *č̣aIrV-
Meaning: wet
Archi: č̣a:Ira-
Comment: Isolated in Arch., but with possible external correspondences.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-arc,lezget-comment,
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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *ʒ́hV̄r
Meaning: rain
Tibetan: čhar rain.
Lushai: fūr the rainy season.
Comments: Cf. Lush sūr to rain; Burm. ćwanʔ urinate, defecate.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-tib,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,
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