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Sino-Tibetan etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *KāH
Meaning: joy, happiness
Tibetan: dga to rejoice; joy; glad.
Burmese: LB *m-ga (Mat.) want, like
Comments: STEDT 362-364 *r-ga ~ N-ga ~ d-ga ~ s-ga (including also parallels from Deng, Naga, Bodo-Garo, Qiang, Gyarong etc., but without Chin.).
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Character: 祜
Modern (Beijing) reading: hù
Preclassic Old Chinese: g(h)āʔ
Classic Old Chinese: g(h)ā́
Western Han Chinese: gā́ (~ ɣ-)
Eastern Han Chinese: gā́ (~ ɣ-)
Early Postclassic Chinese: gā́ (~ ɣ-)
Middle Postclassic Chinese: gā́ (~ ɣ-)
Late Postclassic Chinese: gā́ (~ ɣ-)
Middle Chinese: ɣó
English meaning : blessing
Russian meaning[s]: счастье; процветание
Radical: 113
Four-angle index: 1281
Karlgren code: 0049 y-z
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Sino-Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *kirɦē
Meaning: virtue
Comments and references : In PST cf. alternatively *Kiǝ̆ (~ -ɨ̆) `happiness, prosperity'. WFR 12, LV B18.
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *kirɦē
Meaning: luck; virtue
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Within the triangle Lak-PD-Avar the root may be borrowed (in either direction, which right now is rather difficult to establish), but the Chech. form is probably genuinely related.
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *ka
Meaning: (good) luck (indecl.)
Chechen: ka
Comments: Attested only in Chech., with probable external parallels.
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: čiri
Meaning: blessing, gratitude, praise
Lak form: čiri
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *kiri
Meaning: virtue
Akusha: kiri
Comments: Cf. also Ur., Muir. kiri, Kub. čire id.
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