цанс

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• цасм (casm) (Iron)

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma.

Old Armenian ցանց (cʿancʿ) may be related.

Noun

цанс • (cans)

1. (Digor) loop (of a snare, bashlyk, or while weaving); noose; snare

Related terms

• цӕстӕ (cæstæ)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 291–292
• Takazov, F. M. (2003) “цансӕ”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
• Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009) T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, pages 245–246