Калак

See also: калак

Ossetian

Etymology

From калак (kalak, “city”), as the most prominent city close to Ossetians.

Proper noun

Калак • (Kalak)

1. (South Ossetia) Tbilisi

Synonyms

• Тбилис (Tbilis)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) “kalak”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 569