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 (qqavax), Khinalug къавах (qːawaχ), Tabasaran гъавах (ġavaꭓ), къавахун гьар (q̄avaꭓun 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. Ганиева, Ф. А. (2004) Отраслевая лексика лезгинского языка [Branch Vocabulary of the Lezgi Language]‎, Makhachkala: ДНЦ РАН, page 177
  3. Хайдаков, С. М. (1973) Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь дагестанских языков [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 (kʼaˤlaħi).

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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