Protoform: *horḳ:ʷa-
Meaning: 1 woman 2 wife 3 sheep (2-3 y. old)
Avar: ʕorḳ:én 3
Chadakolob: ʕorḳen 3
Andian language: horč̣:i 2
Akhvakh: aḳ:a 1, aḳ:i 2
Chamalal: haṣ 1,2
Tindi: hak:uj 1
Karata: harḳ:e 2
Botlikh: harḳ:i 1,2
Bagvalal: haḳ:uj 1,2
Godoberi: hark:i 2
Comments: Cf. also Cham. Gig., Gad. hac̣:i 'woman, wife' ( = U.-Gakv. haṣ < *ho(r)ḳ:i < *ho(r)ḳ:ʷaj), U.-Gakv. haḳ:u-b 'female', Akhv. Tseg. aḳ:i, Tl. aḳ:aj, Ratl. arḳ:i 'woman, wife', Bagv. Tlond. harḳ:oj id., Tind. hak:u-b 'female', Kar. Kar. harḳ:o-b, Tok. harḳ:u-b id., haruḳ:a 'wife'.
Most Andian forms go back to PA *horḳ:ʷa-j (with the 2d class -j suffix).
An old (going back at least to Proto-Av.-And.-Tsez) derivate of the same root is Av. ʕorḳ:én (par. B: ʕorḳ:á-dul, ʕorḳ:á-bi), PA *horḳ:i-n "sheep, ewe (2-3 y. old)". Besides Av. cf. And. horč̣:in, Akhv. ãḳ:e (Tseg. aḳ:en, Tlan. arḳ:en, Ratl. arḳ:eni), Cham. haṣim (Gig. hac̣:in), Tind. (Gudava) harḱ:in, Kar. (Gudava) harḳ:in, Bagv. (Kvan.) harḳ́:in, God. hark:in. Av. ʕorḳ:én > Bezht. (Khosh., Tlad.) ʕörḳen, Gunz. ʕorḳen.
