Proto-Lezghian: *ḳʷarV
Meaning: young of domestic animals
Lezghian: q̇ereχ
Tabasaran: ḳari, ḳiriq
Agul: ḳeruq (Fit.)
Rutul: ḳaraqɨj (Khniukh.)
Tsakhur: ḳuruḳaj / ḳurij
Kryz: ḳʷarä
Budukh: ḳora
Udi: arak: (?)
Comment: The meanings vary greatly (Lezg. "embryo, foetus; calf"; Tab. ḳari "calf", ḳiri-q "1-y.-old calf", Ag. "calf", Rut. "dry, barren cow", Tsakh. "foal", Kryz., Bud., Ud. "bull-calf"), but all concentrate around the basic meaning "young of domestic animals". The Tsakh. forms are quoted from Ibragimov 1978, and the particular dialect is unknown; the Ud. form is all right semantically, but has undergone a rather strange metathesis, thus its belonging here may be doubted.
All forms are suffixed: either *ḳʷarV-j (Tab. ḳari, Tsakh. ḳurij, Kryz. ḳʷarä, Bud. ḳora) or *ḳʷarV-q (Lezg. q̇ɨrɨχ /with assimilation < *ḳɨrɨχ, cf. the more regular Khl. ḳeraχ/, Tab. ḳiriq, Ag. ḳeruq, Rut. ḳaraqɨj. Tsakh. ḳuruḳaj is a reduplicated form, exactly parallel to Rut. (Khniukh., quoted by Ibragimov 1978) ḳuruḳa 'foal'.
