хӕфс
Ossetian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Iranian *kacyápah.[1] Compare also Old Armenian խօզ (xōz).
Noun edit
хӕфс • (xæfs)
Derived terms edit
- уӕртджы́н хӕфс (wærtǵýn xæfs, “tortoise, turtle”, literally “frog with a shield”)
References edit
- ^ Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 162–163