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Tsakhur
Etymology
From Proto-Lezghian *ʎ:än:.
Noun
хьян (xʲan) class 4 (plural хьянбы, ergative хьинен)
- water
- Балли бабайни былахын хьян мыкӏада эйхьен. ― Ballʲi babajnʲi bɨlaꭓɨn xʲan mɨḳada ejxʲen. ― The water from the Balli Baba spring is cold.
References
- Ibragimov, G. X., Nurmamedov, Ju. M. (2010) “хьян”, in Цахурско-русский словарь [Tsakhur–Russian Dictionary], Makhachkala: ДНЦ РАН, page 42a
- Talibov, B. B. (1980) Сравнительная фонетика лезгинских языков [Comparative phonetics of Lezghian languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 198: “цахур. хьаьн ― caxur. xʹaʹn”
- Bokarev, Je. A. (1981) S. M. Xajdakov, editor, Sravnitelʹno-istoričeskaja fonetika vostočnokavkazskix jazykov [Comparative-Historical Phonetics of East Caucasian Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 62: “цах. хьаьн, арч. лъан ’вода’ ― cax. xʹaʹn, arč. lʺan ’voda’”
- Георгий Андреевич Климов, 'Актуальные проблемы дагестанско-нахского языкознания' (1986): цах. хьаьн,
- Aleksejev, Mixail (1985) Вопросы сравнительно-исторической грамматики лезгинских языков. Морфология. Синтаксис [Issues of comparative-historical grammar of Lezghian languages. Morphology. Syntax], Moscow: Nauka, page 21: “Ц хь.ан”
- К. Ломтатидзе, 'Категория грамматических классов в иберийско-кавказских языках' (1989): цах. хь'ан