бӕгъӕмсар
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- бӕгъӕнсар (bæǧænsar) – Digor
Etymology
Equivalent to бӕгънӕ́г (bæǧnǽg, “naked”) + сӕр (sær, “head”). According to Abaev, the compound is already of Old Iranian period: *magna-sara- or *magna-sāra-. For the constituents see *nagnás and *ćŕ̥Has. Middle Armenian Մանկասար (Mankasar) may be related.
Adjective
бӕгъӕ́мсар • (bæǧǽmsar)
- (Iron) bareheaded
References
- Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “бæгъæмсар”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
- Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 246
- Абаев, В. И. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 29