вӑртах

Chuvash

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *ortuk (“partner”). Equivalent to вӑта (văt̬a, “middle, centre”) +‎ -х (-h).

Cognate with Turkish ortak and Tatar уртак (urtaq).

Noun

вӑртах • (vărt̬ah) (plural вӑртахсем) 

1. relative

References

• Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “вӑртах”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 112
• Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “вӑртах”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, pages 50-51

Further reading

• “вӑртах”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎^[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.