ӕрдын

From Old Ossetic *ardun-, from Proto-Iranian *dráwnam (“bow”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dráwnam (“wooden object”), from Proto-Indo-European *dréw-no-m, from *dóru (“wood”). Cognate with Persian درونه‎ (darune, “bow”), Sanskrit द्रोण (droṇa), Baluchi درین‎ (drīn).

ӕрдын • (ærdyn)

1. bow (weapon)
2. bow (tool for playing musical instruments)
3. rainbow

• Абаев, В. И. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press
• Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “ӕрдын”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”