къирӕ
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- чъыр (ḱ’yr) (Iron)
Etymology
Ultimately from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”), the direct source probably being Georgian კირი (ḳiri).
Noun
къирӕ • (k’iræ)
- (Digor) lime, calcium oxide
- сугъд къирӕ ― suǧd k’iræ ― drowned lime
References
- 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 652
- Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a