Lak root: χ:ara-č̣ani
Meaning: saw
Lak form: χ:arač̣ani
Comments: Cf. Khosr. χ:arač̣ani id. The second part (-č̣ani) is not quite clear; for χ:ara- cf. also χ:ara-č̣aṭa 'metallic scraper'.
Lak. χ:ara- reflects the nominal derivate *ʔVrχ_wVrV; the original reduplicated stem *χirχ_wV- is preserved in χ:uχ:u-ṭi 'file'.
It is interested to note Tind. č̣araχ:un 'saw' - which is very probably a later metathesis of a loanword from Lak. (č̣araχ:un < *χ:arač̣Vn).
