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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *čirV-
Meaning: 1 green 2 blond, red-haired
Tabasaran: čru 1
Agul: čire-f 2
Comment: The original meaning was probably 'light, light-coloured'; the meaning 'green' has developed in Tab. and some Ag. dialects.
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *Hč[ī]rV-
Meaning: light-coloured
Notes: The root denoted some light (yellowish or greenish) colour, whence all the different colour meanings in languages. Phonetically the comparison seems plausible, with several comments: a) PL, PD and PWC suggest the reconstruction of *ī as main vowel; however, Av.-And. reflects are unclear;
b) The Darg. and PWC forms incorporate the former class prefix *b- (Darg. čibara < (with metathesis) *čirV-bV).
c) Most forms are deductable from the original root structure *HčVrV̆-; however, Av. čar- (borrowed in Kar. čaro-b) suggests rather *HčVrV̄-. Variations of this type can be sometimes met in adjectival stems.
caucet-meaning,caucet-aand,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-khin,caucet-abad,caucet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *ʔa(r)ču- (~-o-)
Meaning: 1 variegated 2 yellow; green
Avar: čára-b 1
Chamalal: ašu-b 2
Tindi: aču-b 2
Karata: ʕačo-b 2
Botlikh: aču 2
Bagvalal: ʕaču-b 2
Godoberi: aču 2
Comments: Cf. also Kar. Anch. arčo-b 'green,yellow'.
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-ava,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-krt,aandet-btl,aandet-bgv,aandet-gdb,aandet-comment,
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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *čibar-
Meaning: variegated
Akusha: čibara
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,
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Khinalug etymology :
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Khinalug root: čürü
North Caucasian etymology: 49
Meaning: grey
Khinalug form: čürü
khinet-prnum,khinet-meaning,khinet-khi,
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Abkhaz-Adyghe etymology :
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Proto-West-Caucasian: *pǝč́:a
Meaning: 1 brown 2 yellowish 3 to rust
Abkhaz: a-ʕʷa-bǯ́a 1
Abaza: ʕʷa-bǯ́a 1
Adyghe: ʁʷā-pč́a 1,2
Kabardian: ʁʷā-bža 1,2
Ubykh: ʁʷǝ-pč́á- 3
Comments: Ub. a-ʁʷǝ-pč́á-n. All forms go back to the PWC compound *ʁʷa-pǝč́:a (with *ʁʷa- "yellow" q.v.). Correspondences are quite regular, thus there is no need to consider the PAT form as an Adygh loan. See Шакрыл 1968, 55, 100; Шагиров 1, 131.
abadet-prnum,abadet-meaning,abadet-abk,abadet-aba,abadet-adg,abadet-kab,abadet-ubk,abadet-comment,
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