обезъꙗна
Old Ruthenian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editInherited from Old East Slavic обезьꙗ́на (obezĭjána), обозьꙗ́на (obozĭjána), borrowed from Persian ابوزینه (abuzina), بوزینه (buzina, “simian”). Cognate with Russian обезья́на (obezʹjána).
Noun
editобезъꙗна • (obezʺjana) f animal
Further reading
edit- 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