кӏант

Chechen

Alternative forms
  • кӏанат (kʼanat) — Cheberloish dialect

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *ḳanat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʼant/

Noun

кӏант • (kʼant) class vb (plural кӏенти)

  1. young man, boy
    Кху чохь кхо кӏант ву.
    Qu čoḥʳ qo kʼant vu.
    There are three boys in this room.
  2. son

References
  • Nichols, Johanna, Vagapov, Arbi (2004) “кӏант”, in Chechen–English and English–Chechen Dictionary, London and New York: RoutledgeCurzon, page 337
  • Zura Dotton, Ph.D, John Doyle Wagner, A Grammar of Chechen, p.55

Ingush

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Nakh *ḳanat.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈkʼant/

Noun

кӏант • (kʼant) class vb

  1. young man

References
  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “кӏант”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 101
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