Protoform: *c̣irq̇:V
Meaning: 1 lynx 2 ounce, snow leopard
Avar: c̣irq̇: 1
Akhvakh: c̣iq̇:o 1
Godoberi: c̣irq̇:u 2
Comments: Av. paradigm A (gen. c̣írq̇:i-l). Cf. also Akhv. Tlan. c̣iq̇:i 'lynx'. We should note the preservation of c̣- in Akhv. (regularly č̣- would be expected): this is either a misspelling of Magomedbekova (in which case the correct form is c̣:iq̇:o, and c̣:- should be explained by early assimilation in tenseness), or the Akhvakh form was influenced by Avar c̣irq̇:. Certainly borrowed from Avar are the forms: Akhv. Tseg. c̣irq̇:, Tind. c̣irq̇: 'lynx'.
