Proto-Tsezian: *bab
Meaning: 1 beard (with whiskers) 2 big beard
Ginukh: bab 1
Bezhta: bab 2
Comments: The original meaning was 'soft' (cf. the external evidence). Since in Caucasian languages the meanings 'soft' and 'warm' are often interrelated (cf., e.g., *tVntV ), we may think that another old derivate of the same root is PTsKh *bobo-RV 'hot' (Tsez. boboru, Gin. bobore, Inkh. bobolu), which otherwise has no etymology.
