бищи

Avar

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Avaro-Andian *bišši, from Proto-Northeast Caucasian *biččē. It may be related to Hurrian 𒉿𒋢 (pi-su, “to rejoice”) and Urartian [script needed] (piṣ-, “to rejoice”). Akin to Lak биччи (bič:i).

Over time, it was replaced by бечед (bečed) and thus fell out of use. However, the oblique form of бечед (bečed) ( бича- ) reveals a trace inherited from бищи (bišši).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /biʃːiː/

Noun

бищи • (bišši) class 1/3 (ergative бищи́яс or бищáс, genitive бищáсул)

  1. God
    Synonyms: Аллагь (Allah), бечед (bečed), бетӏергьан (betʼerhan)
  2. charity , mercy
    Synonyms: гурхӏел (gurḥʳel), рахӏмат (raḥʳmat), рахӏму (raḥʳmu), рекӏел хӏалимлъи (rekʼel ḥʳalimlˢi), цӏоб (cʼob)

References

  • Starostin, G. S., editor (2007), Trudy po jazykoznaniju [Proceedings in Linguistics]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskix kulʹtur, →ISBN, page 368
  • Uslar, Peter von (1889), Этнография Кавказа. Языкознание. III. Аварский язык [Ethnography of the Caucasus. Linguistics. III. The Avar language] (in Russian), Tiflis: Publication of the Administration of the Caucasian Educational Okrug, page 54
  • Erckert, Roderich von (1895), Die Sprachen des kaukasischen Stammes. I. Theil. Wörterverzeichniss‎[2] (in German), Vienna: Alfred Hölder, →DOI, § 155, page 74
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