моладзан

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• молодзан (moloʒan)

Etymology

Borrowed from a dialectal form of Georgian მონაზონი (monazoni).

Noun

моладзан • (molaʒan)

1. monk, nun

Derived terms

• моладзандон (molaʒandon)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1973) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 128
• Miller, Vsevolod (1929) A. A. Frejman, editor, Осетинско-русско-немецкий словарь [Ossetian–Russian–German dictionary], Leningrad: Academy Press, page 824