Proto-West-Caucasian: *χʷǝrV
Meaning: round
Adyghe: χʷǝrāj
Kabardian: χʷǝrej
Ubykh: χʷǝrǝ́b
Comments: PAK *χʷǝrá-jA. Shagirov (2, 114) suggests a loan from Arab. kura 'circle, globe', but this is improbable phonetically. Ubykh has two words for 'round' (see Vogt 210): χʷǝrǝ́-b and χʷǝráj - the latter is obviously an AK loanword, but the former may be genetically related to the AK form.