Svan

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Etymology

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Akin to Ossetian гӕн (gæn), Abkhaz а-қәны (a-kʷnə).[1][2][3] See Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more.

Noun

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ქან (kan)

  1. cannabis, hemp (Cannabis sativa)

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References

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  1. ^ Tuite, Kevin (1997) Svan (Languages of the World, Materials; 139)‎[1], Munich: LINCOM-Europa, →ISBN, page 9
  2. ^ 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 512-513
  3. ^ Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎[2] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 296

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