бӕгъӕмсар

Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Equivalent to бӕгънӕ́г (bæǧnǽg, naked) + сӕр (sær, head). According to Abaev, the compound is already of Old Iranian period: *magna-sara- or *magna-sāra-. For the constituents see *nagnás and *ćŕ̥Has. Middle Armenian Մանկասար (Mankasar) may be related.

Adjective

бӕгъӕ́мсар (bæǧǽmsar)

  1. (Iron) bareheaded

References

  • Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), бæгъæмсар”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
  • Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 246
  • Абаев, В. И. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 29
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