герми

герми

Chechen

Alternative forms

• герм (germ)

Etymology

Compare Ingush герми (germi), Old Armenian գորգ (gorg).

Noun

герми • (germi)[1]

1. (dialectal) floorcloth

References

1. Alirojev, I. Ju. (1975), “горгам”, in Sravnitelʹno-sopostavitelʹnyj slovarʹ otraslevoj leksiki čečenskovo i ingušskovo jazykov i dialektov [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects], Makhachkala: Čečeno-ingušskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 182

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Ingush

Etymology

Compare Chechen герми (germi, “floorcloth”), герма (germa, “wad”), Old Armenian գորգ (gorg).

Noun

герми • (germi)

1. rag (piece of cloth)[1]
2. floorcloth[2]
3. cork[3]
4. wad (sealing material used in guns)[4]
5. brush for whitewashing[5]

References

1. Bekova, A. I.; Dudarov, U. B.; Ilijeva, F. M.; Malʹsagova, L. D.; Tarijeva, L. U. (2009), “герми¹”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Ingušskij NII GN, page 200a
2. Alirojev, I. Ju. (1975) Sravnitelʹno-sopostavitelʹnyj slovarʹ otraslevoj leksiki čečenskovo i ingušskovo jazykov i dialektov [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects], Makhachkala: Čečeno-ingušskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 182
3. Alirojev, I. Ju. (1975), “тӏус”, in Sravnitelʹno-sopostavitelʹnyj slovarʹ otraslevoj leksiki čečenskovo i ingušskovo jazykov i dialektov [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects], Makhachkala: Čečeno-ingušskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 191
4. Alirojev, I. Ju. (1975), “герма”, in Sravnitelʹno-sopostavitelʹnyj slovarʹ otraslevoj leksiki čečenskovo i ingušskovo jazykov i dialektov [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects], Makhachkala: Čečeno-ingušskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 239
5. Kurkijev, A. S. (2005), “герми”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Magas: Serdalo, page 105