егар
Ossetian
Etymology
A Turkic borrowing, probably Bulgar [Term?]. Compare Chuvash акар (ak̬ar, “greyhound”) and Proto-Slavic *ogarь, probably also from Turkic.
Noun
е́гар • (égar) (plural егӕрттӕ)
- greyhound
References
- Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “егар”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
- Таказов, Ф. М. (2003), “егар”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
- Абаев, В. И. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 411