Some bird names - Oalxazarii c’ersh
Date: February, 2000
Source: Chechen State Institute of Chechen Language
By Arbi Vagapov
baad /ju/, pl. beedash /ju/ duck
‘utka’
boarghal /ju/, pl. boarghalsh /ju/ big-cock
ghaaz /ju/, pl. gheezash /ju/ goose
‘gus`’
kuotam /ju/, pl. kuotamash /ju/ hen,
chicken ‘kurica’;
beeroza kuotam ‘kurochka-rjaba’
kuotam-k’oarni /ju/, pl. -k’oarnish
/ju/ chicken ‘cyplenok’
moskal /ju/, pl. moskalsh /ju/ turkey
‘indjuk’
n1iana /ju/, pl. n1ianesh /ju/ cock
‘petukh’
aista /ju/, pl. aistash /ju/ stork aist
alqaanch /ju/, pl. alqanchash /ju/ starling
‘skvorec’
aaqakuotam /ju/, pl. aaqakutamash /ju/
pheasant ‘fazan’
atjwoq /ju/, pl. atjuoqash /ju/ cuckoo
‘kukushka’
buha /ju/, pl. buhnash /ju/ owl ‘sova’
ghaarghuli /ju/, pl. ghaarghulish /ju/
crane ‘zhuravl`’
ghirgha /ju/, pl. ghirghanash /ju/ hawk
‘jastreb-kobchik’
ghurghaaz, pl. ghurgheezash /ju/ swan
‘lebed’
iarzu /ju/, pl. iarzush /ju/
eagle ‘orel’
ciappal /ju/, pl. ciappalsh /ju/
heron ‘caplja’
chovka /ju/, pl. chovkarchii /ju/ rook
‘grach’
ch’eeghag /ju/, pl. ch’eeghagash
/ju/ squarral ‘soroka’
ch’eeghardig /du/, pl. ch’eeghardigash
/du/ swallow ‘lastochka’
ch’oina /ju/, pl. ch’oiniash
/ju/ goldfinch ‘shegol’
ch’wob /ju, du/, pl. ch’uebash
/ju, du/ hornedowl ‘sych, vyp’
c’irxhooza /du/, pl. c’irxhoozii
/du/ titmouse ‘siniica’
darta /ju/, pl. dartanash /ju/ bustard
‘drofa’
hurseela /du/, hurseelnash /du/ fire-bird
‘zhar-ptica’
huttut /ju/, pl. huttuutash /ju/ ?
‘udod’
hyrsialdig /du/, pl. hyrsialdigash
/du/ siskin ‘chizh’
kalibri /ju/, pl. kalibrish /ju/ hummingbird
‘kolibri’
kanar(xhooza) /du/, pl. kanarsh /du/
canary ‘kanareika’
kuskus /ju/, pl. kuskuzash /ju/ ? ‘trjasoguzka’
kyyra /du/, pl. kyyranash /du/ hawk
‘jastreb’
leecha, pl. leecharchii /du/ falcon
‘sokol’
leqh /du/, pl. leeqharchii /du/ quail
‘perepel(ka)’
maaqqal /ju/, pl. maqqalsh /du/ vulture
‘korshun’
moosha, pl. moosharchii /du/ partridge
‘kuropatka’
n1woila /ju/, pl. n1woilash /ju/ (sky)lark
‘zhavoronok’
qoqa /bu/, pl. qoqii /du/ pigeon ‘golub`’
qhig /ju/, pl. qhiigash /ju/ crow ‘vorona’
seelasat /du/, pl. seelasatash /du/
oriole ‘ivolga’
shoarshal /ju/, pl. shoarshalash /ju/
thrush ‘drosd’
tuoti /ju/, pl. tuotish /ju/ parrot
‘popugai’
xeenakhur /ju/, pl. xeenak’arrash
/ju/ woodpecker ‘djatel’
xhaargha /ju/, pl. xhaarghanash /ju/
jackdaw ‘galka’
xhooza /du/, pl. xhoozii // xhoozarchii
/du/ sparrow ‘vorobei’
xinbaad /ju/, pl. xinbeedash /ju/ curlew;
snipe ‘kulik’
zarzar /ju/, pl. zarzarsh /ju/ nightingale
‘solovei’
zhaghzhagha /ju/, pl. zhaghzhaghnash
/ju/ jackdaw ‘galka’
2. Diinatiin c’ersh /animal names/
a) C’eera diinatash /domestic animals/
beqha /ju/, pl. boqhii /ju/ foal ‘zherebenok’
bezhana /du/, pl. bezhnash /du/ cattle
‘skotina’
bwozh /ju/, pl. bezhloi /ju/
he-goat ‘kozel’
bworsh /ju/, pl. bershaloi /ju/ young
bull ‘bychok’
diinat /du/, pl. diinatash /du/
animal
din /bu/, pl. doi /du/ horse
‘kon`’
eeqa /du/, pl. aaqaroi /du/ wild animal,
beast ‘zver`’
emkal /ju/, pl. emkalsh /ju/ camel ‘verbljud’
gaaza /ju/, pl. geezarii /ju/ she-goat
‘koza’
goomash /ju/, pl. goomashash /ju/ buffalo
‘buivolica’
govr /ju/, pl. govrash /ju/ horse ‘loshad`’
gaaza-gyzalg /ju/, pl. gaaza-gyzalgash
/ju/ she-kid ‘kozochka’
jiett /bu/, pl. xheelii /du/ cow ‘korova’
ka /bu/, pl. koi /du/ ram ‘baran’
kheeza /du/, pl. kheezii /du/ puppy
‘shenok’
qeela /ju/, pl. qeelash /ju/ mare ‘kobyla’
shinara /du/, pl. shinarsh /du/ ‘young
cow, two years old cow’
stu /bu/, pl. sterchii /du/ ox ‘byk’
stargha /ju/, pl. starghnash young ox
‘bychok’
vir /ju, du/, pl. varrash /ju/ donkey
‘osel’
ystagh /bu/, pl. ystaghii /du/ ‘ovca’
xhaiba /du/, pl. xhaibnash /du/ domestical
animal
zhala /ju/, pl. zhaliash /du/ dog ‘sobaka’
1aaspar /ju/, pl. 1asparsh /du/ jade
‘kljacha’
1aaxar /bu/, pl. 1aaxarii /du/ lamb
‘jagnenok’
b) Aqarwoi /wild animals/
bula /ju/, pl. bulnash /ju/ bison ‘zubr’
bworz /ju/ [gen. berzan; pl. berzaloi
/ju/] wolf ‘volk’
cha /ju/ [-n, -na, -nuo, -ca, -x, -nie, -l; pl.
cherchii /ju/] bear
chaaghalq /ju/, pl. chaaghalqash /ju/
jackal ‘shakal’
c’ueqhalwom /du/, pl. c’ueqhaluemash
/du/ tiger ‘tigr’
d1aama /ju/, pl. d1aamash /ju/ badger
‘barsuk’
gheela /ju/, pl. gheelash /ju/ fallow
deer; hind, doe ‘lan`’
luu /du/, pl. luunash roe (deer) ‘kosulja’
lwom /du/ [luem-an, -ana, -uo, -aca, -ax, -ie, -al;
pl. luem-ash] leon ‘lev’
maimal /du/, pl. maimalsh /du/
monkey ‘obezjana’
masar /du/, pl. masarsh /du/
‘tur (gornyj kozel)’
piila /ju/, pl. piilash /ju/ elephant
‘slon’
pxhaagal /ju/, pl. pxhaagalsh /ju/ hare
‘zajec’
sai /bu/, pl. seesh /du/ deer ‘olen`’
tarsal /ju/, pl. tarsalsh /ju/ squirrel
‘belka’
tu-sai /bu/, pl. tu-seesh /du/ elk ‘los`’
zu /ju/, pl. zynash /ju/ hedgehog ‘jezh’
