Ossetian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ter-.

Noun edit

тӕрин (tærin)

  1. (Digor) adolescent, youth, boy

References edit

  • Takazov, F. M. (2003) “тӕрин”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
  • Abajev, V. I. (1979) “²tæryn, tyryn | tærna”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume III, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 280