мӕтых

Ossetian

Alternative forms

мӕдух (mædux) (Digor)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *madaxa; compare Persian ‎ (malax) and especially Khwarezmian مثخ‎ (mθx).

Noun

мӕты́х • (mætýx)

(Iron) locust

References

Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “мæтых”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
Абаев, В. И. (1973), “mætyx”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 180

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