къӕпы

Ossetian

Alternative forms

къӕпу (k’æpu) (Digor)

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Related to Russian кефир (kefir).

Noun

къӕпы́ • (k’æpý)

(Iron) kefir yeast
(Iron) kefir

References

Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “къæпы”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
Абаев, В. И. (1958), “k’æpy | k’æpu”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 627

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