авал

Avar

Etymology

From a Turkic language, ultimately from Arabic أول. Compare Azerbaijani əvvəl.

Noun

авал • (awal)

  1. beginning

Chuvash

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic أَوَّل (ʔawwal, “first”).[1][2] Compare Turkish evvel (“beginning”).

Adverb

авал • (aval)

  1. long ago, in ancient times

Derived terms

References
  1. Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “авал”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume I, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 24
  2. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “авал”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 19

Further reading
  • “авал”, in Электронлă сăмахсар‎ (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.
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