къӕй
Ossetian
editEtymology
editLikely ultimately from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“rock, mountain”). Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (“rock”) (Mongolian хад (xad, “large rock, cliff”)) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (“rock”) (Evenki кадага (kadaga, “rock, cliff”)). See Turkish kaya for more.
Noun
editкъӕй • (k’æj)
References
edit- Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “къӕй”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir