сӕфтӕг

Ossetian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćapʰás (“hoof”). Cognate with Old Armenian սմբակ (smbak, “hoof”), Persian سم‎ (som, “hoof”), Sanskrit शफ (śapha).

Noun

сӕфтӕг • (sæftæg)

  1. hoof

References
  • Абаев, В. И. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press
  • Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “сӕфтӕг”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
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