къӕй
Ossetian
Etymology
Likely ultimately from Proto-Turkic *k(i)aya (“rock, mountain”). Akin to Proto-Mongolic *kada (“rock”) (Mongolian хад (khad, “large rock, cliff”)) and Proto-Tungusic *kada(r) (“rock”) (Evenki кадага (kadaga, “rock, cliff”)). See Turkish kaya for more.
Noun
къӕй • (k’æj)
- (Iron) stone slab
- (geology) stratum, bed
- schist, shale, slate
- a schistose cliff
References
- Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “къӕй”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”