хӗрӗ

Chuvash

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Turkic *kïdïg (“edge”).[1][2]

Cognate with Turkish kıyı (“shore”) and Southern Altai куйу (kuyu, “border”).

Noun

хӗрӗ • (hĕrĕ) (plural хӗрӗсем) 

  1. edge
  2. shore

References
  1. Fedotov, M. R. (1996) “хӗрӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), volume II, Cheboksary: Chuvash State Institute of Humanities, page 344
  2. Jegorov, V. G. (1964) “хӗрӗ”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ čuvašskovo jazyka [Etymological Dictionary of the Chuvash Language] (in Russian), Cheboksary: Čuvašskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 299

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