Ossetian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

A Vainakh borrowing: compare Ingush жаргӏа (žarğa, sow), Chechen жаргӏа (žarğa, sow).

Noun edit

дзӕргъ (ʒærǧ) (Iron)

  1. sow (female pig)

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References edit

  • Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎[1] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 105
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  • Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “дзӕргъ”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir, page 219b
  • Genko, Anatolii N. (1930), “Из культурного прошлого ингушей [From the cultural past of the Ingush]”, in Записки коллегии востоковедов при Азиатском музее АН СССР, volume V, Leningrad, page 717 of 681–761
  • Takazov, F. M. (2003), “дзӕргъӕ”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania, page 257a
  • Nikolaev, Sergei L.; Starostin, Sergei A. (1994), “*ǯa[r]q̇V”, in A North Caucasian Etymological Dictionary, Moscow: Asterisk Publishers