Proto-Lezghian: *χ:ʷ[a]na
Meaning: 1 northern slope of a mountain 2 mountain slope
Tabasaran: χʷanḳ 1
Agul: χʷan 2
Rutul: χin 1
Archi: χ:ʷan 1
Comment: The -a Auslaut (and the obl. stem *χ:ʷanä-) can be established on basis of Ag. (obl. χʷana-) and Rut. (obl. χina-) data. The vowel -i- in Rut. is rather enigmatic (otherwise the correspondences are quite regular); -ḳ in Tab. is a former diminutive suffix (cf. Kand. χʷan without it, and related Ag. forms: Fit. χʷanḳ-ar, Bursh. χanḳʷ-ar). The word belongs to the 3d class in Rut., but to the 4th class in Arch.
See Хайдаков 1973, 73.
