нихер
Khinalug
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Armenian նախիր (naxir)[1][2]
Noun
[edit]нихе́р (niꭓér)
- herd (of cattle)[3]
- нихериш атккуи ― niꭓeriš atkːui ― to be in a herd
- нихериш лашылкьири ― niꭓeriš lašɨlq̇iri ― to let into a herd
Related terms
[edit]- нихе́рван (niꭓérwan, “shepherd”)
- нихе́рванвал (niꭓérwanwal)
References
[edit]- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նախիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 421b
- ^ Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 80
- ^ Ganijeva, F. A. (2002) “нихер”, in Хиналугско-русский словарь [Khinalug–Russian Dictionary] (Бесписьменные языки Дагестана), Makhachkala: Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 231a