чӏаран

Tsakhur

Alternative forms

чӏаӏран (č̣aˤran), чӏеран (č̣eran), чӏаранʼ (č̣aranʼ)

Etymology

Uncertain. Seemingly isolated within Lezgic. Has been compared to Svan წჷრნი (c̣ərni), which is connected with Old Armenian ծիրանի (cirani).

Adjective

чӏаран (č̣aran)

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References

Bouda, Karl (1955) “Südkaukasisch-nordkaukasische Etymologien”, in Die Welt des Orients‎^[1] (in German), volume 2, number 2, § 40, page 202 of 200–205
Comrie, Bernard, Khalilov, Madzhid (2010) Словарь языков и диалектов народов Северного Кавказа: Сопоставление основной лексики [The Dictionary of languages and dialects of the peoples of the Northern Caucasus: Comparison of the basic lexicon], Leipzig and Makhachkala: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, § 15.660, page 674
Dirr, A. M. (1913) “Цахурский язык [The Tsakhur Language]”, in Сборник материалов для описания местностей и племен Кавказа (in Russian), volume 43, Tiflis, page 215
Ibragimov, G. X., Nurmamedov, Ju. M. (2010) “чӏаӏран”, in Цахурско-русский словарь [Tsakhur–Russian Dictionary], Makhachkala: ДНЦ РАН, page 403a
Kassian, A. (2012) “Annotated Swadesh wordlists for the Lezgian group (North Caucasian family)”, in The Global Lexicostatistical Database‎^[2], 66. RED
Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 320
Kibrik, A. Je., Kodzasov, S. V. (1990) Сопоставительное изучение дагестанских языков. Имя. Фонетика [Comparative Study of Dagestan Languages. Substantives. Phonetics] (in Russian), Moscow: University Press, →ISBN, § 511, page 234
Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*č̣ärä- ?”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[3], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers