фӕрӕт

Ossetian

Etymology

Ostensibly inherited from Proto-Iranian *paratuš,[1] cognate with Sanskrit परशु (paraśu) (see there), however, more plausibly a Wanderwort.[2][3]

Noun

фӕрӕт • (færæt)

  1. axe

References

  1. ^ Palunčić, Filip (2019), “Ossetic historical phonology and North-Eastern Iranian anthroponomastics”, in Lurje, Pavel B., editor, Proceedings of the Eighth European Conference of Iranian Studies (Studies on pre-Islamic Iran and Historical Linguistics), volume I, St. Petersburg: State Hermitage Publishers, →ISBN
  2. ^ Mallory, J. P. with Adams, D. Q. (2006), The Oxford Introduction to Proto-Indo-European and the Proto-Indo-European World (Oxford Linguistics), New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 243
  3. ^ Witzel, Michael (2002), Early Loan Words in Western Central Asia: Substrates, Migrations and Trade[1], Harvard University, page 13

Further reading

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958), Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 451
  • Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “фӕрӕт”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
  • Takazov, F. M. (2003), “фӕрӕт”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania