цӏирт

Avar

Alternative forms

  • цӏилти (cʼilti)

Etymology

Related to synonymous Dargwa цӏерцӏ (c̣erc̣), цӏирцӏ (c̣irc̣), цӏинтӏбухъ (c̣inṭbuq), Rutul цӏыцӏ (c̣ɨc̣), all probably onomatopoeic. Compare Middle Armenian ծղրիդ (cġrid), also onomatopoeic.

Noun

цӏирт • (cʼirt)

  1. bush-cricket

References

  • Saidova, P. A. (1999) “гарцӏ”, in Диалектологический словарь аварского языка [Dialectological dictionary of Avar] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 96a
  • Temirbulatova, S. M. (2012) Отраслевая лексика даргинского языка [Branch Vocabulary of the Dargwa Language] (in Russian), Makhachkala: G. Tsadasa Institute of Language, Literature and Art, pages 116–117
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