Ossetian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kan- ~ *čan-.

Suffix edit

-дзинад (-ʒinad)

  1. (Iron) abstract suffix
    ба́стдзинадbástʒinadconnection
    цу́хдзинадcúxʒinadlimitation

References edit

  • Rastorgujeva, V. S., Edelʹman, D. I. (2003) “*čan- / *čin-”, in Etimologičeskij slovarʹ iranskix jazykov [Etymological Dictionary of Iranian Languages] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow: Vostochnaya Literatura, pages 217–218
  • Cheung, Johnny (2007) Etymological Dictionary of the Iranian Verb (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 2), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 233