абрэдж

Kabardian

Etymology

Widely distributed across Caucasian languages; compare Abkhaz абраг (abrag), Abaza абраг (abrag), Ossetian абырӕг (abyræg), and Georgian აბრაგი (abragi). The ultimate origin is uncertain, though linguist V.I. Abaev suggests a borrowing from Middle Persian *āparak (“robber”), related to āpartan (“to rob”) and āpar (“robbery”).[1]

Noun

абрэдж • (abrɛdž)

  1. fugitive; a person who has fled after committing an offense or crime
  2. (historical) abrek; outlaw; a mountaineer living in exile or struggling against authority

Descendants

  • → Russian: абре́к (abrék)

References

  1. ^ Шагиров, А. К. (1977), К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka

West Circassian

Etymology

Widely distributed across Caucasian languages; compare Abkhaz абраг (abrag), Abaza абраг (abrag), Ossetian абырӕг (abyræg), and Georgian აბრაგი (abragi). The ultimate origin is uncertain, though linguist V.I. Abaev suggests a borrowing from Middle Persian *āparak (“robber”), related to āpartan (“to rob”) and āpar (“robbery”).[1]

Noun

абрэдж (abrɛdž)

  1. fugitive; a person who has fled after committing an offense or crime
  2. (historical) abrek; outlaw; a mountaineer living in exile or struggling against authority

Alternative forms

  • абрэгь (abrɛgʲ) (Shapsug)

Descendants

References

  1. ^ Шагиров, А. К. (1977), К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎[2] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka
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