Proto-North Caucasian: *bŏrGwV̄ ( ~ -ǝ-)
Meaning: stall, shed; tower
Notes: Cf. Urart. burg-ana- ( > Arm. burgn) 'tower, fortress' (see Diakonoff-Starostin 1986, 18). An interesting common NC term - which has parallels in some European languages (an old Wanderwort). Abdokov (1983, 125) compares the Kab. form with heterogeneous EC material (Darg. dirq, Tab. aqI) which is hardly justified.
