аԥынҵа
Abkhaz
Etymology
From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *pǝ-nǝ-ć̣a,[1] from Proto-Northwest Caucasian *pʷA.[2] Cognate with Abaza пынцӏа (pəncʼa, “nose”), пынцӏыжв (pəncʼəžʷ, “nostril”), Adyghe пэ (pe, “nose”), and Kabardian пэ (pe).
Compare also Old Armenian պինչ (pinčʿ), Old Georgian პინჩი (ṗinči).
Noun
а-ԥынҵа • (a-pəncʼa)
- nose
References
- Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
- Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
Further reading
- 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 88a
- Kʼaslandzja, V. A. (2005), “аԥынҵа”, in Аԥсуа–аурыс жәар / Абхазско–русский словарь [Abkhaz–Russian Dictionary] (in Abkhaz / Russian), volume 1–2, Sukhum: Olma-press, →ISBN, page 168b