уыры

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • уру (uru) – Digor

Etymology

Uncertain. Akin to Mingrelian ვირი (viri, “donkey; rat”).

Noun

уыры • (wyry) (plural уырытӕ) (Iron)

  1. rat

Descendants
  • →⇒? Georgian: ვირთხა (virtxa)
    • → Mingrelian: ვირთხა (virtxa)

References
  • 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 125
  • Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “уыры”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
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