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Dargwa etymology :
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Proto-Dargwa: *mura
Meaning: hay
Akusha: mura
Chiragh: mura
Comments: Cf. also Kub. mā, Ur., Kad., Kait., Kharb., Tsud. mura id.
darget-prnum,darget-meaning,darget-drg,darget-chr,darget-comment,
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North Caucasian etymology :
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Proto-North Caucasian: *miɦwVrV
Meaning: a k. of odorous grass
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. The root obviously meant some odorous grass (cf. "mint" in PL and PN, "hay" in PD, "sweetbrier" in PN), but it is hard to guess the particular species. The comparison involves some metatheses which are only natural in a trisyllabic stem like this. Ultimately the stem can be derived from PNC *HmĭɦwV 'smell, odour' q.v., but it certainly already existed separately in PEC.
The stem was borrowed in some other Caucasian languages: Osset. nūrɨ 'garlic', Georg. niori, Svan. niwra id. (see Abayev 1973, 193).
caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lak,caucet-darg,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,
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Nakh etymology :
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Proto-Nakh: *ħarVmV-
Meaning: sweetbrier
Chechen: ħarmik
Ingush: ħandar
Comments: The forms are quoted from the Ing.-Chech.-Russ. dictionary. The Russ-Chech-Ing. and the Russ.-Chech. dictionaries list Chech. ħärmak 'sweetbrier', and the Chech-Russ. dictionary - Chech. ħärmak 'root-crop'. These all are obviously dialectal variants.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-comment,
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Avar-Andian etymology :
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Protoform: *HirmV
Meaning: mint
Akhvakh: ʕirmu (Tlan.)
Comments: Attested only in Akhv., but having probable external parallels. The root should not be confused with North. Akhv. ʕẽmu, Tseg. ʕĩju (see PA *ʔimHV).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-akv,aandet-comment,
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Lak etymology :
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Lak root: nur
Meaning: a k. of weed with edible root
Lak form: nur
laket-prnum,laket-meaning,laket-lak,
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Lezghian etymology :
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Proto-Lezghian: *miħur(aj)
Meaning: 1 mint 2 barberry; ashberry
Tabasaran: nühr-er (Düb.) 1
Agul: uraj-ar 1
Tsakhur: mije 1
Kryz: nuräj 2
Comment: Cf. also Ag. Burk. uruʔaj, Fit. urij-ar, Tsakh. Gelm. muʔujä, Tsakh. (prop.) nuʔjä 'mint'. 4th class in Kryz. and Tsakh. Not quite clear is the loss of initial nasal in Ag. (metathesis *muHraj > *ʔumraj > uraj ?).
lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-comment,
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