дзӕндӕл

Ossetian

Etymology

Abaev compares to Old Armenian դանդաղ (dandał, “slow”). Miller compares to Ossetian дзӕдӕл (ʒædæl, “impotent”).

Adjective

дзӕндӕл • (ʒændæl) (Digor)

  1. slow, sluggish, clumsy, inept

References
  • Абаев, В. И. (1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 11
  • Миллер, Всеволод (1927) Осетинско-русско-немецкий словарь [Ossetian–Russian–German dictionary], edited and expanded by А. А. Фрейман, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 529
  • Таказов, Ф. М. (2003), “дзӕндæл”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania, page 257a
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