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Archi
Etymology
Akin to Lezgi гъил (ġil).
Noun
хол (xol)
- hand
Bulgarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English hall, possibly via Russian холл (xoll). Originally referring to the largest room in an apartment, with the modern meaning having evolved after the spread of block building construction in Bulgaria after the 1950's. Etymologically a doublet of ха́ле (hále, “hall, depository”) (borrowed instead from German Halle).
Pronunciation
Noun
хол • (hol) m
- living room
Declension
Related terms
- хлев (hlev, “swain pen”) (dialectal)
- киле́р (kilér, “celler”) (of Latin origin)
References
- “хол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Sofia: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2014
- “хол”, in Речник на българския език [Dictionary of the Bulgarian Language] (in Bulgarian), Chitanka, 2010
Ingush
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Nakh *xoola.
Pronunciation
Noun
хол • (xol) class bd
- haystack
References
- Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “хол”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 162
- Kurkijev, A. S. (2005) “хол”, in Ингушско-русский словарь [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Magas: Serdalo, page 429
Kalmyk
Adjective
хол • (xol)
- far
Mongolian
Etymology
From Proto-Mongolic *kola. Cognate with Buryat холо (xolo).
Pronunciation
Adjective
хол • (xol) (Mongolian spelling ᠬᠣᠯᠠ (qola))
- far
Tuvan
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kol (“upper arm, hand”). Akin to the Yakut term below, but a false cognate with the Archi term above.
Noun
хол • (xol) (definite accusative холду, plural холдар)
- hand
Yakut
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic *kol (“upper arm, hand”). Akin to the Tuvan term above, and see Bashkir ҡул (qul) for more cognates.
Noun
хол • (qol)
- (anatomy) arm
- (zootomy) front leg
- Antonym: буут (buut)
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