оаз

Ingush

Etymology

Borrowed from Kumyk аваз (awaz, “sound, noise; voice”). Cognates include Chechen а̄з (aaz).

Starostin and Nikolaev reconstruct the Proto-Nakh form, comparing it, for example, with the Lak чӏу (čʼu, “voice, sound”), Dargwa чӏа (č̣a, “id.”) and Lezgi чӏал (č̣al, “language”). However, according to the observations of J. Nichols, the Proto-Nakh *c̣ and *ʒ in Ingush are pronounced at the end of a form as /d͡z/, whereas the pronunciation as /z/ should be considered a borrowing.[1] See also ӏаж (ˀaž, “apple”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɔ̯az/

Noun

оаз • (oaz) class jj

  1. sound, voice
  2. note, tone

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

References

  • Nichols, Johanna B. (2004), “оаз”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 125a
  • Bekova, A. I.; et al. (2009), “оаз”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Ingušskij NII GN, page 531b
  1. ^ Nichols, Johanna (2004), “The Origin of the Chechen and Ingush: A Study in Alpine Linguistic and Ethnic Geography”, in Anthropological Linguistics, volume 46, number 2, Bloomington, Indiana: Trustees of Indiana University, →JSTOR, page 145
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