Ossetian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćapʰás (hoof). Cognate with Old Armenian սմբակ (smbak, hoof), Persian سم (som, hoof), Sanskrit शफ (śapha).

Noun edit

сӕфтӕг (sæftæg)

  1. hoof

References edit

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press
  • Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “сӕфтӕг”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir