Chechen edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Armenian բահ (bah)[1] or together with it borrowed from an Iranian source.

Noun edit

баьхьа (bäḥʳa)

  1. wooden spade

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “բահ”, 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 393b

Further reading edit

  • Aliroev, Ibragim Ju. (1975) Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь отраслевой лексики чеченского и ингушского языков и диалектов [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 229