𐕖𐕒𐕡𐕙

Aghwan

Etymology

Compare Rutul зер (“cow”), Tsakhur зер (“cow”), Budukh зар (zar, “cow”), also Tsakhur чура (“meat”).

Noun

𐕖𐕒𐕡𐕙 (čur)

1. cow
   • Bible, John 2.14:

     𐔱𐔰𐕇𐔶𐕎𐕒𐕒𐕡 𐔴 𐕊𐔰𐕜𐔰𐕙𐔰𐕇 𐔸𐕒𐔲𐔱𐔰𐔰𐕎𐔰𐕄𐔴𐕈̃𐕎𐕆𐔶 𐕖𐕒𐕡𐕙𐕒𐕡𐕇 𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐔱𐔽𐔴𐕒𐕡𐕇 𐕒𐕡𐕎 𐔾𐕒𐕡𐕔𐕒𐕡𐕙 […]

     bax̣ēnou e č̣aṭarax̣ togbaanaḳeå̃nhē čurux̣ un bˁeux̣ un lufur […]

     He found in the temple that they were selling cows and sheep and doves […]

Descendants

• Udi: чур (čur)

Further reading

• Gippert J., Schulze W., Aleksidze Z., Mahé J.-P., editors (2009), The Caucasian Albanian Palimpsests of Mount Sinai (Monumenta Palaeographica Medii Aevi: Series Ibero-Caucasica; 2), volume 1, Turnhout: Brepols, →ISBN, page III-3
• Nikolaev, Sergei L., Starostin, Sergei A. (1994) “*čur-”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary‎^[1], Moscow: Asterisk Publishers