Proto-North Caucasian: *gwĭrdwV ( ~ -ɨ̆-)
Meaning: a k. of clothes
Notes: Reconstructed for the PEC level; the common meaning can be formulated as "some clothes for the upper part of body". A cultural root; similar forms can be found in many languages, and PEC may have borrowed it from some neighbours. Cf. Indoeuropean forms: in Slavic - Russ. куpт(к)a, Ukr. куpт(к)a, Pol. kurt(k)a (despite Vasmer 2, 429-430 etc., it is hardly borrowed from Lat. curtus 'short'); in Indo-Iranian - Osset. kʷǝrät / kurät 'shirt, jacket', Sogd. qwrty 'shirt', Avest. kǝrǝti- 'a k. of clothes', Old Ind. (late) kuratu- 'shirt' etc. (see Abayev 1, 609); in Kartvelian - Georg. ḳwarti 'shirt', Megr., Chan. ḳurta 'drawers, pants'; in Turkic - Turk. kürtä 'short dress' etc. (Radlov 2 1265, 1461). A direct Iranian source should be suggested for Arm. grat 'war cloak', whence Ud. gurat: 'shirt'.
