къавах
Lezgi
Alternative forms
- къувах (q̄uvaχ) – dialectal
Etymology
A Turkic borrowing: compare Azerbaijani qovaq, Turkish kavak (“poplar”).[1][2] From the same source: Rutul къавах, Aghul къавах, Khinalug къавах (qːawaχ), Tabasaran гъавах (ġavaχ), къавахун гьар (q̄avaχun har, “poplar”).
Noun
къавах • (q̄avaχ)
- poplar
- Eurasian aspen, Populus tremula[3]
References
- Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 111
- Ganijeva, F. A. (2004) Otraslevaja leksika lezginskovo jazyka [Branch Vocabulary of the Lezgi Language], Makhachkala: DNC RAN, page 177
- Xajdakov, S. M. (1973) Sravnitelʹno-sopostavitelʹnyj slovarʹ dagestanskix jazykov [Comparative Dictionary of Dagestan Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 54b
Rutul
Etymology
A Turkic borrowing: compare Azerbaijani qovaq, Turkish kavak (“poplar”).[1] See also Lezgi къавах (q̄avaχ).
The supposed form kalax cited by Erckert is probably a typo. Note that he marks it as a Turkic borrowing like the other Caucasian forms with -v-, but unlike Lak кӏялахӏи (ḳjalaḥi).
Noun
къавах (transliteration needed)
- poplar[2]
References
- Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 111
- Maxmudova, S. M. (2001) Grammatičeskije kategorii i grammatičeskije klassy v rutulʹskom jazyke [Grammatical Categories and Grammatical Classes in Rutul], M., page 19