ностӕ

Ossetian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *snauša-, a secondary form beside *snuša-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snušás, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

The similar forms in Caucasian languages are probably related. See them in Mingrelian ნოსა (nosa).

Noun

ностӕ • (nostæ) (Digor)

  1. daughter-in-law
    Synonym: чындз (ḱynʒ)
  • файностӕ (fajnostæ) / файнуст (fajnust)

References
  • Abajev, V. I. (1973) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 190–191
  • Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Weisbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 208
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1887) Etymologie und Lautlehre der ossetischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 52
  • Miller, Vsevolod (1887) Osetinskije etjudy. Č. 3. Issledovanija [Ossetian Studies. Part III. Studies] (Učenyje zapiski Imperatorskovo Moskovskovo Universiteta. Otdel istoriko-filologičeskij; 8) (in Russian), Moscow: Tipografija Je. G. Potapova, page 168
  • Taqazty, Fedar (2003), “ностæ”, in Digoron-urussag ʒurdwat [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
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