хӗрхи

Chuvash

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïrguy (“sparrow-hawk”).[1][2]

Compare with Hungarian karvaly, a Bulgar borrowing.

Noun

хӗрхи • (hĕrh̬i) (plural хӗрхисем) 

  1. a small falcon
  2. owl

Adjective

хӗрхи • (hĕrh̬i)

  1. chatty

References
  1. Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “хӗрхи”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 347
  2. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “хӗрхи”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 300

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