аьрзу

Chechen

Etymology

From *аьрцӏу (*ärcʼu), from Old Georgian არწივი (arc̣ivi), ultimately from Old Armenian արծուի (arcui).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ærzuː/

Noun

аьрзу • (ärzu) class dj (plural аьрзунаш)

1. eagle
2. vulture

Descendants

(Taking Chechen as representative of all Nakh)

• → Lak: б-арзу (b-arzu)

References

• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1971) “արծուի”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume I, Yerevan: University Press, page 320b
• Lamberterie, Charles de (1978) “Armeniaca I–VIII: études lexicales”, in Bulletin de la Société de Linguistique de Paris (in French), volume 73, page 252, footnote 47 of 243–285

Further reading

• 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, pages 584–585
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “c̣_wämʔV̆”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers