нихер
Khinalug edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Armenian նախիր (naxir)[1][2]
Noun edit
нихе́р (niχér)
- herd (of cattle)[3]
- нихериш атккуи ― niχeriš atkːui ― to be in a herd
- нихериш лашылкьири ― niχeriš lašɨlq̇iri ― to let into a herd
Related terms edit
- нихе́рван (niχérwan, “shepherd”)
- нихе́рванвал (niχérwanwal)
References edit
- ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “նախիր”, 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 421b
- ^ Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 80
- ^ Ganijeva, F. A. (2002) “нихер”, in Хиналугско-русский словарь [Khinalug–Russian Dictionary] (Бесписьменные языки Дагестана), Makhachkala: Dagestan Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences, page 231a