Lezghian etymology : Query result

Proto-Lezghian: *mak:al(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: roasted grain

Rutul: magal (Khnov.)

Comment: Attested only in Rut., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Lezghian: *maʎ:(ij)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 cattle-shed 2 sheep-fold 3 winter pasture

Tabasaran: maxi 2

Agul: mex́ 2

Rutul: mexi (Ikhr.) 1

Tsakhur: maxi (dial.) 1

Archi: maʎ:i 3

Comment: Cf. also Ag. Bursh. max:, Ag. Fit. mex́ʷ (preserving the old labialisation). The Tsakh. form is cited from Ibragimov 1978, and the dialect is unknown. 4th class in Arch.

See Гигинейшвили 1977, 128.

Proto-Lezghian: *malc

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 wall 2 fortified place 3 hearth 4 boundary, furrow

Lezghian: mac

Tabasaran: marc-ar 3

Agul: mac 3 (Bursh.)

Rutul: mas 1

Tsakhur: mac 4

Budukh: mas 2

Comment: Obl. base *malcɨ- (cf. Lezg. macu-, Ag. Bursh. maca-, Tsakh. macɨ-); 4th class in Rut., 3d class in Bud. and Tsakh. The basic meaning is "a fortification, a hardly accessible place in mountains", and hence "a shelf on the wall" (this is the meaning in lit. Lezg.; the Khliut dialect has an irregular form: maz, erg. mac:ani 'furrow, boundary').

Proto-Lezghian: *malq̇Iʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 root 2 shoot, offspring; nail

Agul: maIrʡ (Bursh.) 1

Archi: marq̇Iʷ 2

Comment: Cf.also Ag. Burk., Tp. maIrʡ, Fit. marʔI, Ag. pl. marq̇Ium. Arch. -r- before a back consonant points to PL *-l-. 3d class in Arch.

Proto-Lezghian: *malχ:al(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 snow-drift 2 snow 3 heap

Lezghian: marʁal 1

Tabasaran: marʁʷal 1

Kryz: marχal 1

Budukh: malχal 1

Archi: marχ:ǝla 2

Udi: marχal 3

Comment: 3d class in all class-distinguishing languages. The Archi word may be borrowed from Lak., but may also be genuine. Shakhdagh > Khin. malχal 'big mass of snow'.

Proto-Lezghian: *mam(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: breast (female)

Lezghian: mam

Kryz: mäm

Budukh: mǝm

Archi: mam

Comment: 3d class in Arch., Kryz. and Bud. See Лексика 1971, 108; Талибов 1980, 270.

Proto-Lezghian: *manʎʷ(a) ( ~ -ʎ:ʷ-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 sickle 2 superiority in reaping

Rutul: marf 2 (Khniukh.)

Udi: meχ 1

Comment: Cf. Ud. (MSU) miχ. 4th class in Rut. PL *-n- regularly gives Rut. -r- before a lateral (*-r- would have been lost in this position) and disappears in Udi.

Proto-Lezghian: *manV

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: warm

Tabasaran: mani

Comment: Isolated within Lezghian, but with probable external parallels.

Proto-Lezghian: *maqIV- ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: feather

Rutul: maqIak

Proto-Lezghian: *maqIʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: acorn, oak-tree

Lezghian: meʁʷ

Tabasaran: maqIʷ

Agul: maqIʷ (Bursh.)

Rutul: maχIʷ

Tsakhur: moqI

Kryz: meʁ

Udi: maqI / maχI

Comment: 3d class in all class-distinguishing languages. Obl. base *maqIʷä-, cf. Lezg. meʁü- (cf. also Lezg. Khl. mäʁIʷ, mäʁIü-), Tab. maqIu-, Ag. (Bursh.) maqIa-, Tsakh. moqIa- (note that the Tsakh. dir. base moqI itself is secondary, cf. the more archaic Gelm. maqIʷa - directly reflecting the PL form).

See Бокарев 1961, 59; Лексика 1971, 163; Гигинейшвили 1977, 70, 98.

Proto-Lezghian: *maq:

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: ploughshare

Lezghian: maʁ

Agul: maʁ

Rutul: maʁ

Tsakhur: maʁ

Kryz: maʁ

Comment: Cf. Lezg. erg. maq:uni (Khl. maq:ani). Obl. base *maq:ɨ- (cf. Rut. maʁa-, Tsakh. maʁɨ-). 3d class in Kryz. and Tsakh., but 4th class in Rut.

See Лексика 1971, 174; Талибов 1980, 304.

Proto-Lezghian: *maq:(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: handful

Udi: q:ošIa-maʁ

Comment: Udi has a compound, wherein the first part may be compared with Darg. qaIš- in qaIš-č̣im 'span'. Other Lezghian languages have not preserved either part of it.

Proto-Lezghian: *maq:Iʷa

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 a k. of plant 2 nettle

Rutul: maʁI (Khniukh.) 1

Tsakhur: maʁa 2

Comment: Labialisation is preserved in Tsakh. Gelm. maʁʷa 'nettle'.

Proto-Lezghian: *ma[q:ʷ]

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 tale 2 song

Lezghian: maʁ (Nüt.) 1

Tabasaran: maqʷ 1

Budukh: maʁ 1

Udi: maʁI 2

Comment: The Tab. form (cf. also Düb. maq) is irregular: maʁʷ would be expected. The reason is probably a contamination of two originally different roots: *maq:ʷ 'word' and *ma(r)χʷ 'tale, fairy-tale' q.v.

Proto-Lezghian: *maq̇:Vl(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: nettle

Rutul: maGGul

Comment: Attested only in Rut., but having probable external parallels.

Proto-Lezghian: *marčil (~-lč-)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: pebble

Lezghian: marčil

Comment: The word is isolated in Lezghi, but has good external parallels (indicating that -l is a suffix).

Proto-Lezghian: *marč:V ?

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: all

Archi: marči

Comment: Isolated in Arch. (cf. Turk. *barča ? or Tab. marc:iji 'all', lit. 'clean'?).

Proto-Lezghian: *marc̣

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: eagle

Agul: marc̣

Comment: Isolated in Ag., but with probable external parallels.

Proto-Lezghian: *marʎʷ

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 rain 2 foam

Lezghian: marf 1

Tabasaran: marx 1

Agul: marf 1 (Fit.)

Rutul: maf 1 (Khniukh.)

Budukh: mǝf 1

Archi: moʎ 2

Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. marx, Arch. erg. miʎi. Obl. base unknown. 3d class in Arch., but 4th class in Rut. and Bud.

See Trubetzkoy 1922, 240.

Proto-Lezghian: *marq:(a)

North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology

Meaning: 1 stick, pole 2 shepherd's staff

Tabasaran: marʁ 1

Agul: marʁ 2 (Bursh.)

Comment: Cf. also Tab. Düb. marq:a; in Ag. (Bursh.) there is a variant marʕ.