Chuvash

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kȫŕ (glowing coals).[1][2]

Cognate with Azerbaijani köz, Turkish köz and Turkmen köz.

Noun

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кӑвар (kăvar) (plural кӑварсем) 

  1. ember
  2. heat
  3. fire, flame

Adjective

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кӑвар (kăvar)

  1. fiery, hot

References

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  1. ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “кӑвар”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 247
  2. ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “кӑвар”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 97

Further reading

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