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Avar
Etymology
From a Turkic language, ultimately from Arabic أول. Compare Azerbaijani əvvəl.
Noun
авал • (awal)
- beginning
Chuvash
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”). Compare Turkish evvel (“beginning”).
Adverb
авал • (aval)
- long ago, in ancient times
Derived terms
References
- ^ Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “авал”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 24
- ^ Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “авал”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 19
Further reading
- “авал”, in Электронлă сăмахсар (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.