Karachay-Balkar edit

Etymology edit

Compare Armenian ախազ (axaz), a Turkic borrowing.

Noun edit

агъаз (ağaz)[1]

  1. ermine
  2. weasel

References edit

  1. ^ Gočijajeva, S. A., Sujunčev, X. I. (1989) “агъаз”, in Tenišev E.R., Sujunčev X. I., editors, Karačajevo-balkarsko-russkij slovarʹ [Karachay-Balkar–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Russkij jazyk, pages 18b, 813