чъыр

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• къирӕ (k’iræ) (Digor)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”), the direct source probably being Georgian კირი (ḳiri).

Noun

чъыр • (ḱ’yr)

1. (Iron) lime, calcium oxide

   сыгъд чъыр ― syǧd ḱ’yr ― drowned lime

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, page 652
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a