гӕн

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• гӕнӕ (gænæ) — Digor

Etymology

From Alanic *gænæ.

Noun

гӕн • (gæn)

1. (Iron) flax, Linum

Further reading

• 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 512-513
• Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “гӕн”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
• Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎^[1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 296
• Tuite, Kevin (1997) Svan (Languages of the World, Materials; 139)‎^[2], Munich: LINCOM-Europa, →ISBN, page 9