Reconstruction:Old Ossetic/cirǧ

This Old Ossetic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Ossetic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ossetic *ćiǧrɨ, from Proto-Scythian *tiǧri.

Adjective

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*cirǧ

  1. bitter

Descendants

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  • Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: циргъ (cirǧ)
    Iron Ossetian: цыргъ (cyrǧ)

Noun

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*cirǧ[1]

  1. garlic

Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “Scythian elements in Old Iranian”, in Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editor, Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples[1], Oxford University Press, →DOI, pages 195-196, 198-199