кьваркь
Lezgi edit
Alternative forms edit
- кьаркь (q̇arq̇)
Etymology edit
Compare Old Armenian գորգ (gorg).
Ganieva remarks that in the Kurush subdialect the word refers to a special kind of dish-washing rag and explains it as a reduplication of the root consonant кь (q̇).[1]
Noun edit
кьваркь • (q̇varq̇) (plural кьваркьвар)[2]
Derived terms edit
- сагъ кьилик кьваркьвар кытӏын (saġ q̇ilik q̇varq̇var kyṭyn, “to meddle, interfere”, proverb, literally “to tie a healthy head with a rag”)[5]
References edit
- ^ Ганиева, Ф. А. (2008) Курушский говор лезгинского языка [The Kurush subdialect of the Lezgi Language][1], Makhachkala: ДНЦ РАН, pages 159, 203
- ^ Uslar, Peter von (1896) “qwарqw”, in Этнография Кавказа. Языкознание. VI. Кюринский язык [Ethnography of the Caucasus. Linguistics. VI. The Lezgi Language] (in Russian), Tiflis, page 525
- ^ Kerimova, S. Q̄., Melikmamedov, M. N. (2015) “кьваркь”, in Lezgi č̣alanni azerbajžan č̣alan gafargan [Lezgi–Azerbaijani Dictionary][2], Baku: “Azərbaycan” nəşriyyatı, page 345a
- ^ Kerimova, S. Q̄., Melikmamedov, M. N. (2015) “кьваркьвар”, in Lezgi č̣alanni azerbajžan č̣alan gafargan [Lezgi–Azerbaijani Dictionary][3], Baku: “Azərbaycan” nəşriyyatı, page 345a
- ^ Ганиева, Ф. А. (2004) Отраслевая лексика лезгинского языка [Branch Vocabulary of the Lezgi Language][4], Makhachkala: ДНЦ РАН, page 271