Chechen

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Noun

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кӏир (kʼir?

  1. Alternative form of кир (kir)

Ingush

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Etymology

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From Georgian კირი (ḳiri), from Old Armenian կիր (kir); see the latter for more.[1]

Noun

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кӏир (kʼir?

  1. lime, calcium oxide

References

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  1. ^ Klimov, G. A., Xalilov, M. Š. (2003) Словарь кавказских языков. Сопоставление основной лексики [Dictionary of Caucasian Languages. A comparison of the Basic Vocabulary] (in Russian), Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, →ISBN, page 141
  • Goniašvili, Tinatin (1940) “Leksiḳuri šexvedrebi čačnurisa kartvelur enebtan [The lexical interactions of Chechen with Kartvelian languages]”, in Enis, isṭoriisa da maṭerialuri ḳulṭuris insṭiṭuṭis aḳademiḳos niḳo maris saxelobis moambe (in Georgian), volumes V–VI, Tbilisi, page 605