герма

Chechen

Alternative forms
  • гермие (germie), герм (germ) – dialectal[1]

Etymology

Compare Ingush герми (germi), Old Armenian գորգ (gorg).

Noun

герма • (germa)

  1. wad (sealing material used in guns)

References
  1. Alirojev, I. Ju. (1975), “герма”, in Sravnitelʹno-sopostavitelʹnyj slovarʹ otraslevoj leksiki čečenskovo i ingušskovo jazykov i dialektov [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects], Makhachkala: Čečeno-ingušskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, pages 239–240
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