къамбец

Ossetian

Etymology

According to Abaev, borrowed from Georgian კამეჩი (ḳameči), dialectal კამბეჭი (ḳambeč̣i).

Noun

къа́мбец • (k’ámbec)

1. buffalo

References

• 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, page 618