Protoform: *bVs(:)-
Meaning: orphan
Avar: bes-da-la=
Comments: The stem besdal is also used adverbially (e.g. besdal harize 'to become an orphan, lose one's parents' etc.). Known Andian forms (Kar. bes:tala=, God. besdal) are most probably borrowed from Avar.
