Protoform: *birti-n
Meaning: wedding
Avar: bértin
Chadakolob: bértin
Akhvakh: meti
Comments: Av. paradigm A (bérta-dul, bérta-bi; Chad. bértinu-l, bért-bi). Identical Andian forms are most probably borrowed from Avar: Cham., Tind. bertin, Kar. berten. Certainly borrowed from Avar are Tsezian forms: Inkh., Gunz. bertin, Tsez., Gin., Bezht. berten 'wedding'.