Proto-Lezghian: *ḳuč̣
Meaning: 1 button 2 hook, buckle 3 door lock 4 hooked, bent
Agul: ḳuč̣ 1
Rutul: ḳɨč̣ 2
Tsakhur: ḳɨč̣ 1
Archi: ḳič̣ 3
Udi: k:oč:I 4
Comment: Cf. also Arch. plur. ḳoč̣-or. Obl. base *ḳuč̣ɨ- (cf. Rut. ḳɨč̣i-, Tsakh. ḳɨč̣ɨ-). 3d class in Rut. and Arch., 4th class in Tsakh. Vinogradova-Klimov (1979, 157) supposed that the word was borrowed from Armenian (k:ǝč:ak: 'button'), but this is unacceptable: the Arm. form has no Indoeuropean etymology and is most probably borrowed from Caucasian.
See Лексика 1971, 214; Хайдаков 1973, 93; Талибов 1980, 289.
