Archi edit

Etymology edit

From Turkic, ultimately from Proto-Turkic *kāŕ. Compare also Karakhanid قازْ (qāz), Turkish kaz, Kazakh қаз (qaz), Chuvash хур (hur).

Noun edit

хъаз (qaz)

  1. goose

Avar edit

Noun edit

хъаз (qxaz)

  1. goose

Ossetian edit

Etymology edit

A Turkic borrowing. Compare Proto-Turkic *kāŕ and see there for more.

Cognate with Jassic caz.

Noun edit

хъаз (qaz)

  1. goose

References edit

  • Doerfer, Gerhard (1967) Türkische und mongolische Elemente im Neupersischen [Turkic and Mongolian Elements in New Persian] (Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur: Veröffentlichungen der Orientalischen Kommission; 20)‎[1] (in German), volume III, Wiesbaden: Franz Steiner Verlag, § 1389, pages 385–387
  • Abajev, V. I. (1973) “qaz”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 272