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Etymology edit

Compare Old Armenian գորգ (gorg), Chechen герми (germi), герма (germa), Ingush герми (germi).

Noun edit

горгам (gorgam)[2]

  1. floorcloth
  2. (dialectal) rag for cleaning the gun after lubrication[1]
    Synonym: чӏурам (čʼuram)

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Khvarshi: горгом (gorgom), горгум (gorgum)

References edit

  1. 1.0 1.1 Aliroev, Ibragim Ju. (1975) Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь отраслевой лексики чеченского и ингушского языков и диалектов [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 182
  2. ^ Alirojev, I. Ju. (2005) “горгам”, in Xamidova Z. X., editor, Čečensko-russkij slovarʹ [Chechen–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Academia, page 53b