дзала

Ossetian

Etymology

Possibly related to or descended from either Kabardian дзэл (ʒăl, “willow”) or Georgian ჭალა (č̣ala, “flat land adjacent to a river”).

Noun

дзала • (ʒala)

  1. sedge

References
  • Абаев, В. И. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press
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