Abkhaz

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Etymology

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From Proto-Abkhaz-Abaza *akʷənə́ (flax). Compare Ossetian гӕн (gæn), Svan ქან (kan).[1][2] Ultimately from the same source of Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis).

Noun

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а-қәны́ (a-kʷnə́)

  1. flax, Linum

References

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  1. ^ Tuite, Kevin (1997) Svan (Languages of the World, Materials; 139)‎[1], Munich: LINCOM-Europa, →ISBN, page 9
  2. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎[2] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 296

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