цанс

Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma.

Old Armenian ցանց (cʿancʿ) may be related.

Noun

цанс • (cans)

  1. (Digor) loop (of a snare, bashlyk, or while weaving); noose; snare
  • цӕстӕ (cæstæ)

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, pages 291–292
  • Таказов, Ф. М. (2003), “цансæ”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
  • Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009), T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, pages 245–246
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