къавах

Lezgi

Alternative forms
  • къувах (q̄uvaχ) – dialectal

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing: compare Azerbaijani qovaq, Turkish kavak (“poplar”).[1][2] From the same source: Rutul къавах, Aghul къавах, Khinalug къавах (qːawaχ), Tabasaran гъавах (ġavaχ), къавахун гьар (q̄avaχun har, “poplar”).

Noun

къавах • (q̄avaχ)

  1. poplar
    1. Eurasian aspen, Populus tremula[3]

References
  1. Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 111
  2. Ganijeva, F. A. (2004) Otraslevaja leksika lezginskovo jazyka [Branch Vocabulary of the Lezgi Language]‎, Makhachkala: DNC RAN, page 177
  3. Xajdakov, S. M. (1973) Sravnitelʹno-sopostavitelʹnyj slovarʹ dagestanskix jazykov [Comparative Dictionary of Dagestan Languages] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 54b

Rutul

Etymology

A Turkic borrowing: compare Azerbaijani qovaq, Turkish kavak (“poplar”).[1] See also Lezgi къавах (q̄avaχ).

The supposed form kalax cited by Erckert is probably a typo. Note that he marks it as a Turkic borrowing like the other Caucasian forms with -v-, but unlike Lak кӏялахӏи (ḳjalaḥi).

Noun

къавах (transliteration needed)

  1. poplar[2]

References
  1. Erckert, Roderich von (1895) Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, page 111
  2. Maxmudova, S. M. (2001) Grammatičeskije kategorii i grammatičeskije klassy v rutulʹskom jazyke [Grammatical Categories and Grammatical Classes in Rutul]‎, M., page 19
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