Khinalug root: is-t:al
North Caucasian etymology: 181
Meaning: finger
Khinalug form: ist:al
Comments: Originally a compound "one finger" (cf. PA). *ṭ > t: in the cluster -st:-; the original *ṭ- is preserved in an old derivate ṭarɨng 'finger-ring' ( = PD *ṭuleka 'finger-ring', Tsakh. ṭulung 'thimble').