бӕмбӕг

Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian pmbk' (/pambag/) or cognate with it.

Noun

бӕмбӕ́г • (bæmbǽg) (plural бӕмбӕджытӕ)

  1. (Iron) cotton
  2. (Iron) absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting

References
  • Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “бæмбæг”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
  • Абаев, В. И. (1973), “bæmbæg, bæmpæg”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 249–250
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1887) Etymologie und Lautlehre der ossetischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 121
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