цӏоб
Avar
| Khutsuri | ⴜⴍⴁ |
| Old Ajam | زُبْ |
| New Ajam | ڞۈب |
| Latin (1928-1938) | ⱬⱬob |
| Latin (Murtazaliyev) | tzob |
| Uslar's Cyrillic | ҵоб |
| Modern Cyrillic | цӀоб |
Alternative forms
- цӏцӏоб (ccʼob)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Avar ⴜⴍⴁ (cʼob, “mercy”), from Proto-Avaro-Andian *c̣:ob (“god, mercy”), from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *c̣c̣ə̄mb (“idol, god”). It may be related to Hurrian 𒀀𒍝𒄠𒈪 (a-za-am-mi, “figurine, idol”). Akin to Ingush цӏув (cʼuv, “priest”), Bats წიბ (c̣ib, “saint”) and Lak цӏими (cʼimi, “mercy”).
The archaic meaning of the word refers to the supreme sky and thunder god in the pagan pantheon of the Avar-Andi-Didoic peoples. Over time, replaced by Бечед (Bečed) and transformed into the concept of divine mercy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡sʼːob/
Noun
цӏоб • (cʼob) class 1/3 (ergative цӏóбалъ, genitive цӏóбалъул, plural цӏóбал)
- charity, mercy
- Synonyms: гурхӏел (gurḥʳel), рахӏмат (raḥʳmat), рахӏму (raḥʳmu)
- (archaic, mythology) Tzob (supreme ruler of all Avar-Andi-Didoic gods, the god of the sky and thunder)
Derived terms
adjectives
- цӏобгьечӏ (cʼobhečʼ, “merciless”)
adverbs
- цӏоб тун (cʼob tun, “mercilessly”)
Descendants
- → Archi: цӏоб (cʼob)
References
- Zhirkov, Lev Iv. (1936) “цӏоб”, in Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Moscow: State Institute “Soviet Encyclopedia”, page 143b
- Saidov, Magomedsayid (1967) “цӏоб”, in Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Moscow: State Institute “Soviet Encyclopedia”, page 565a
- Xapizov, Š. M. (2014) “О грузинско-аварских надписях на каменных крестах [On the Georgian-Avar inscriptions on stone crosses]”, in Вестник Дагестанского научного центра РАН[1] (in Russian), volume 54, page 70 of 67–74
- Gimbatov, M. M., editor (2006), “цӏоб”, in МагӀарул-гӀурус лугъат / Аварско-русский словарь [Avar–Russian dictionary], Makhachkala: ДНЦ РАН, page 1772
- Starostin, G. S., editor (2007), Trudy po jazykoznaniju [Proceedings in Linguistics][2] (in Russian), Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskix kulʹtur, →ISBN, page 371