Talk:ხალატალი

Russian borrowing
, are direct Russian borrowings in Laz possible? If so, I propose to derive this from. Vahag (talk) 20:46, 29 October 2022 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure if some trading-related words or maybe in eastern dialects could be possible, but Kojima lists this as a Vizha dialect word, so it's hard to tell. The only Russian borrowing I can think of right now is from  and that word exists in dialectal Turkish(Kars according to TDK). Gubazes (talk) 21:41, 29 October 2022 (UTC)
 * I didn't find a similar word in other languages of the area, so the similarity with Russian can be accidental. This may be a derivative of with some unexplained sense development, perhaps as in . Vahag (talk) 22:44, 29 October 2022 (UTC)