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Lezghian etymology :

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Proto-Lezghian: *ḳalč / *kalč
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 horn 2 plait, woman's hair
Lezghian: karč 1
Tabasaran: ḳarč 1,2
Agul: ḳarč 1
Rutul: kač 1
Tsakhur: gač 1
Kryz: käč 1
Budukh: kǝrč 1
Comment: The root reveals a strange vacillation of initial *ḳ- (Tab., Ag.), *k:- (Tsakh.) and *k- (all other languages). The oblique base must be reconstructed as *ḳalče- (cf. Ag. ḳarči-, Rut. kači-, Tsakh. gače-); medial *-l- is postulated because of the liquid's preservation in Kryz. and Bud. (*-r- should have vanished in this position). The word belongs to the 3d class in Rut. and Tsakh., but to the 4th in Kryz. and Bud.

    See Хайдаков 1973, 42.

lezget-prnum,lezget-meaning,lezget-lzg,lezget-tab,lezget-agu,lezget-rut,lezget-cak,lezget-krz,lezget-bud,lezget-comment,

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North Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-North Caucasian: *ḳǝlčwi
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: forelock, plait; horn
Proto-Nakh: *ḳuč̣
Proto-Avaro-Andian: *ḳʷič̣ (~ *ḳič̣ʷ)
Proto-Lezghian: *ḳalč / *kalč
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level. Seems plausible semantically and phonetically (if we take into account usual assimilations in roots with two stops), except for the unexpected loss of labialisation in PL.
caucet-prnum,caucet-meaning,caucet-nakh,caucet-aand,caucet-lezg,caucet-comment,

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Nakh etymology :

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Proto-Nakh: *ḳuč̣
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: 1 forelock, tuft of hair 2 mountain top
Chechen: ḳuž 1
Ingush: ḳuž 1
Batsbi: ḳuč̣ 1,2
Comments: Obl. base *ḳuč̣e- (cf. Chech. ḳüža-, Ing. ḳužo). 6th class in all languages. Cf. also Khild. ḳuǯ, Ing. (Imnaishvili) ḳuč:, Chech. ḳuž-al 'fringe, forelock'.
nakhet-prnum,nakhet-meaning,nakhet-che,nakhet-ing,nakhet-bcb,nakhet-comment,

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Avar-Andian etymology :

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Protoform: *ḳʷič̣ (~ *ḳič̣ʷ)
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: forelock
Chamalal: ḳožul
Tindi: ḳuč̣i
Comments: In Cham. obviously a later dissimilation (ḳož-ul < ḳoč̣-ul).
aandet-prnum,aandet-meaning,aandet-chm,aandet-tnd,aandet-comment,

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Sino-Caucasian etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Caucasian: *xḳǝlčwí
Meaning: forelock, hair
North Caucasian: *ḳǝlčwi
Sino-Tibetan: *khaj
Burushaski: *ɣuỵ
sccet-meaning,sccet-cauc,sccet-stib,sccet-buru,

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Sino-Tibetan etymology :

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Proto-Sino-Tibetan: *khaj
Sino-Caucasian etymology: Sino-Caucasian etymology
Meaning: horn, a pair of horns
Chinese: 觭 khaj 'one horn turning up and one down'
Lushai: ki horn
Comments: Cf. also Naga *kV, Tujia khɨe.1 'horn'.
stibet-prnum,stibet-meaning,stibet-chin,stibet-lush,stibet-comments,

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Chinese characters :

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Character:
Modern (Beijing) reading: qī
Preclassic Old Chinese: khaj
Classic Old Chinese: khaj
Western Han Chinese: khaj
Eastern Han Chinese: khe
Early Postclassic Chinese: khe
Middle Postclassic Chinese: khe
Late Postclassic Chinese: khe
Middle Chinese: khe
English meaning : one horn turning up and one down [LZ]
Comments: Also used as a loan for 畸 q. v.
Sino-Tibetan etymology: Sino-Tibetan etymology
Radical: 0
Four-angle index: 0
Karlgren code: 0001 |e ́
bigchina-reading,bigchina-ochn,bigchina-cchn,bigchina-wchn,bigchina-echn,bigchina-epchn,bigchina-mpchn,bigchina-lpchn,bigchina-mchn,bigchina-meaning,bigchina-comment,bigchina-stibet,bigchina-radical,bigchina-oshval,bigchina-karlgren,

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Burushaski etymology :

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Common Burushaski: *ɣuỵ
Sino-Caucasian Etymology: Sino-Caucasian Etymology
Meaning: hair
Yasin: -ɣójaŋ
Hunza: ɣujáŋ
Nagar: ɣujáŋ; thó-ɣuỵ`hair of newborn child'
buruet-prnum,buruet-meaning,buruet-yas,buruet-hun,buruet-ngr,

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