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ӕфцӕг

Ossetian

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Etymology

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Uncertain.

Abaev derives from Circassian: compare Kabardian пщэ (pśɛ), Adyghe пшъэ (pŝɛ, “neck”).[1]

Alternatively, according to Bailey, we are dealing with a native term from Proto-Iranian and ultimately Proto-Indo-European, with a cognate in Sanskrit अप्सस् (ápsas).[2][3][4][5]

Compare also Old Armenian աւձի-ք (awji-kʻ, “collar”).

Noun

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ӕфцӕг • (æfcæg) (Iron, Digor)

  1. neck (part of body connecting the head and the trunk)
  2. (transferred sense) mountain pass

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • → Karachay-Balkar: ыбчык (ıbçık), ыбцык (ıbtsık), ыбчыкъ (ıbçıq), ыфцыкъ (ıftsıq)

References

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  1. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 108
  2. ^ Bailey, H. W. (1969) “Arya Notes”, in Studia Classica et Orientalia Antonino Pagliaro Oblata. I, Rome: Istituto di Glottologia dell’Università, pages 137–145
  3. ^ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1992) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎[1] (in German), volume I, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 90
  4. ^ Mallory, J. P., Adams, D. Q., editors (1997), Encyclopedia of Indo-European culture, London, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, page 353ab
  5. ^ Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2000) Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, page 187

Further reading

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  • Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎[2] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 46, 51
  • Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “ӕфцӕг”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir, page 140a
  • Takazov, F. M. (2003) “ӕфцӕг”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania, page 142b
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