нӕлхӕ

Ossetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ingush налха (nalxa).

Noun

нӕлхӕ • (nælxæ)

1. (Iron) butter

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) “нӕлхӕ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 168: “употребительно только в северноиронских говорах; [used only in the Northern Iron dialects;] ― upotrebitelʹno tolʹko v severnoironskix govorax; [used only in the Northern Iron dialects;]”