Aghwan edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Lezghian *χäla, compare Budukh хел (xel, thing) [1]

Noun edit

𐕆𐔼𐕅 (hil')

  1. thing, something, anything

Usage notes edit

Since Aghwan does not have independent indefinite pronouns, this word is used instead.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  2. ^ Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009) The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page II-39