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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *Gwṓrʡe
Meaning: a k. of small animal
North Caucasian: *G_wōrʡe
Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷār (~*Gʷ-)
Comments and references : WFR 10.
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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *G_wōrʡe
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hare
Proto-Nakh: *pħā-ḳal
Proto-Tsezian: *qẽj A
Proto-Dargwa: *ʁIʷari
Proto-Lezghian: *q:Iora
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Correspondences are regular. PN has a form with a diminutive suffix *-ḳ, enhanced by an additional *-ɫV (cf. the same suffixation in *cħōḳal 'fox', and in PA *ƛ̣:an-ḳala 'hare').
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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *pħā-ḳal
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hare
Chechen: pħāgal
Ingush: pħagal
Batsbi: pχaḳal
Comments: 4th class in Chech., Ing., dd in Bacb. Reasons for irregular development in Bacb. (*pħ- > pχ-) are unclear.
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Tsezian etymology :

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Proto-Tsezian: *qẽj A
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hare
Tsezi: qIaj
Ginukh: qi
Khvarshi: qe (Radzhibov)
Inkhokvari: qIẽ
Bezhta: qi (Khosh.)
Gunzib: qi
Comments: PTsKh *qIẽj (cf. also Tsez. Kid. qa, Kh. qIa, (Imn.) qIaj / qIe); PGB *qĩ, obl. base *qijV- (cf. also Bezht. Tlad. qija /reflecting the original oblique base/, Gunz. obl. base qijo-, Gunz. Nakh. qĩ with preservation of nasalisation).
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Dargwa etymology :

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Proto-Dargwa: *ʁIʷari
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hare
Akusha: ʕaIra
Chiragh: ʁIura
Comments: Cf. also Ur. ʕʷaIri, Kait. ʁIʷari, Kub. ʁIʷā, Tsud. ʕuri.
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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *q:Iora
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: hare
Lezghian: q:ür
Tabasaran: ʁIur
Agul: R̀ür
Rutul: ʁIɨr
Tsakhur: ʁIɨje
Kryz: q:ur
Budukh: q:ur
Udi: ʁu
Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. q:Iur, Ag. Fit. ʁIur, Burk. Rar, Tp. ʕur, Tsakh. Gelm. ʁIɨjä. Oblique stem *q:Iorä- (Lezg. q:üre-, Tab. ʁIura-, Düb. q:Iura-, Ag. R̀üra-, Fit. ʁIura-, Rut. ʁIɨrá-). 3d class in all class-distinguishing languages.

    See Талибов 1960a, 297.

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *qhʷār (~*Gʷ-)
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: a k. of small animal (badger, ground-rat)
Chinese: *w_ār, *swar, *swār badger.
Kachin: (H) mǝgan a sp. of ground-rat.
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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: huán
Preclassic Old Chinese: w(h)ār
Classic Old Chinese: w(h)ān
Western Han Chinese: w(h)ān
Eastern Han Chinese: w(h)ān
Early Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ān
Middle Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ān
Late Postclassic Chinese: w(h)ān
Middle Chinese: ɣwân
English meaning : badger
Comments: Also read *swār (MC xwân, Pek. huān) and *swar (MC xwǝn, Pek. xuān) id. Xiesheng points to *-r, but the word occurs only within one *-n-rhyme in Shijing.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0164 l
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