цӏокъберг

Chechen

Alternative forms
  • цӏокъбӏариг (c̣oq̇bʿarig) (Cheberloy dialect)

Etymology

A compound of цӏокъ (c̣oq̇, “ounce”) +‎ *берг (*berg). Nikolaev and Starostin connect the latter with the second element in Dargwa дугелибуг (dugelibug, “badger”) and propose a genetic connection with Proto-Northwest Caucasian *bIaga (“jackal; fox”), other proposed connections are with Sumerian 𒊊 (pirig, “lion”), Proto-Indo-Iranian *wy(H)āgʰrás (“tiger”).

Noun

цӏокъберг • (c̣oq̇berg) ?

  1. ounce, snow leopard or lynx

Synonyms
  • цӏокъ (c̣oq̇), ӏекха цицак (ʿeqa cicak), а̄кха циск (āqa cisk)

Derived terms
  • цӏокъберган (c̣oq̇bergan), цӏокъберганиг (c̣oq̇berganig)

References
  • Alirojev, I. Ju. (1975) 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, page 94
  • Alirojev, I. Ju. (2001) Flora i fauna Čečni i Ingušetii [The Flora and the Fauna of Chechnya and Ingushetia], Moscow: Academia, →ISBN, pages 104, 150—151
  • Alirojev, I. Ju. (2005), “цӏокъберг”, in Xamidova Z. X., editor, Čečensko-russkij slovarʹ [Chechen–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Academia, page 290a
  • Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994) A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
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