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Proto-Lezghian: *c̣enjä- / *c̣enwä-
North Caucasian etymology: North Caucasian etymology
Meaning: new
Lezghian: c̣iji
Tabasaran: c̣iji
Agul: c̣ajif
Rutul: c̣indɨ
Tsakhur: c̣edɨn
Kryz: c̣ijä
Archi: mac̣at:ut
Udi: ini
Comment: -j- and -w- are probably class suffixes (-w- postulated on basis of the Arch. form: *c̣enwä- > *c̣emä- > mac̣a-). The Udi form goes back to *c̣enjä- quite regularly, thus the assonance with Az. jeni is coincidental. See Бокарев 1961, 70; Гигинейшвили 1977, 100; Талибов 1980, 296.
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