сарсал

Ingush

Etymology

Akin to Chechen шоршал (šoršal), сорсал (sorsal), шаршул (šaršul), Bats შორშაჼ (šoršã, “starling”), Bezhta шашу (šašu, “swallow”). Compare also Georgian შოშია (šošia), შროშანი (šrošani, “starling”).

Noun

сарсал • (sarsal)

  1. starling

Further reading
  • Nikolayev, S. L.; Starostin, S. A. (1994), “*šVnšV”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers
  • Čuxua, Merab (2007) Iberiul-ičkeriul enata šedarebiti gramaṭiḳa [Ibero-Ichkerian Comparative Grammar] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Press, page 568
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