цӏокъберг

Chechen

Alternative forms

• цӏокъбӏариг (cʼoqʼbˀarig) (Cheberloy dialect)

Etymology

A compound of цӏокъ (cʼoqʼ, “ounce”) +‎ *берг (*berg). Nikolaev and Starostin connect the latter with the second element in Dargwa дугелибуг (dugelibug, “badger”) and propose a genetic connection with Proto-Northwest Caucasian *bIaga (“jackal; fox”), other proposed connections are with Sumerian 𒊊 (pirig, “lion”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *wy(H)āgʰrás (“tiger”).

Noun

цӏокъберг • (cʼoqʼberg) ?

1. ounce, snow leopard or lynx

Synonyms

• цӏокъ (cʼoqʼ), ӏекха цицак (ˀeqa cicak), а̄кха циск (aaqa cisk)

Derived terms

• цӏокъберган (cʼoqʼbergan), цӏокъберганиг (cʼoqʼberganig)

References

• 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 94
• Alirojev, Ibragim Ju. (2001) Флора и фауна Чечни и Ингушетии [The Flora and the Fauna of Chechnya and Ingushetia], Moscow: Academia, →ISBN, pages 104, 150—151
• Alirojev, I. Ju. (2005) “цӏокъберг”, in Xamidova Z. X., editor, Čečensko-russkij slovarʹ [Chechen–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Academia, page 290a
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers