авг

Ossetian

Alternative forms

авгӕ (avgæ) (Digor)

Etymology

From Alanic *äväg, from *abga, from Proto-Iranian *Hā́pākaH (“water-like”), from *Hā́fš (“water”); compare Persian ‎ (âb, “water”), ‎ (âbgina, “glass”). Related to Old Armenian ապակի (apaki) and Hungarian üveg.

Noun

авг • (avg)

(Iron) glass
(Iron) bottle

Descendants

→ Adyghe: апч (aapč)
→ Kabardian: абдж (aabdž)

References

Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “авг”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
Абаев, В. И. (1958), “avg | avgæ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 84

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