дзала
Ossetian
Etymology
Possibly related to or descended from either Kabardian дзэл (ʒăl, “willow”) or Georgian ჭალა (č̣ala, “flat land adjacent to a river”).
Noun
дзала • (ʒala)
- sedge
References
- Абаев, В. И. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press