обезъꙗна

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms

• обезꙗ́на (obezjána), обезъа́на (obezʺána)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic обезьꙗ́на (obezĭjána), обозьꙗ́на (obozĭjána), borrowed from Persian ابوزینه (abuzina), بوزینه (buzina, “simian”). Cognate with Russian обезья́на (obezʹjána).

Noun

обезъꙗна • (obezʺjana) f animal

1. ape, monkey

   Synonym: ма́лпа (málpa)

Further reading

• Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “обезъяна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 123