фатхъӕд

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • фатгъӕдӕ (fatǧædæ) – Digor

Etymology

From фат (fat, “arrow”) +‎ хъӕд (qæd, “wood”), because the tree was used in making arrows. Compare Chechen пха (pχa, “hornbeam; arrow”).

Noun

фатхъӕд • (fatqæd) (Iron dialect)

  1. hornbeam

Further reading
  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 425
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