τζηρθε

Old Ossetic

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *ciθráh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čitrás. The basic meaning is "visible sign". Note also Old Georgian ჭორტი (č̣orṭi, “cairn”).

Noun

τζηρθε (tzērthe)

1. stele, monument

Usage notes

Attested in the Zelenchuk inscription.

Descendants

• Ossetian:

  Digor Ossetian: цирт (cirt)

  Iron Ossetian: цырт (cyrt)

  • → Svan: ჩირთ (čirt)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 267, 298
• 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, pages 325–326
• Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 39
• Kim, Ronald (2003) “On the historical phonology of Ossetic: the origin of the oblique case suffix”, in Journal of the American Oriental Society‎^[2], volume 123, number 1, →DOI, page 54
• Lubotsky, Alexander (2015) Alanic Marginal Notes in a Greek Liturgical Manuscript (Grammatica Iranica; 2), Vienna: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, pages 14, 49
• Miller, Vsevolod (1882) Осетинские этюды. Ч. 2. Исследования [Ossetian Studies. Part II. Studies] (Ученые записки Императорского Московского Университета. Отдел историко-филологический; 2) (in Russian), Moscow: Типография А. Иванова (бывш. Миллера), page 55
• Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 15, 60, 116