It is a well-known fact that the stage of etymological research forms a quite slippery floor in particular when dealing with possible loans from tongues beyond the domain of one’s specialization. The present article is concerned with a case where a narrow, i.e. an internal caucasological view on the etymology of a word delivers already a quite plausible and convincing result, which, however, in a wider areal framing, offering a serious alternative, appears to be untenable. This alternative, definitely a preferable view, focusing on the word’s Turkish origin, will be introduced through a thorough discussion highlighting many aspects relevant for robust etymological research. The term in question is, of course, TURKISH azmak ‘marshland, swamp’.

一个众所周知的事实是，词源学研究的阶段形成了一个非常湿滑的底线，尤其是在处理可能来自某人专业领域的方言的借贷时。本文涉及这样一种情况，即对词的词源的狭义（即内部高加索观点）已经产生了相当合理和令人信服的结果，但是，在更广泛的领域框架中，提供了一种严肃的选择似乎是站不住脚的。将通过透彻的讨论，重点介绍与强大词源研究相关的许多方面，介绍这种替代方法，这绝对是一个可取的观点，重点是单词的土耳其语起源。当然，所讨论的术语是土耳其语azmak “沼泽沼泽”。