мӕтых
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- мӕдух (mædux) (Digor)
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *madaxa; compare Persian ملخ (malax) and especially Khwarezmian مثخ (mθx).
Noun
мӕты́х • (mætýx)
- (Iron) locust
References
- Бигулаев, Б. Б.; Гагкаев, К. Е.; Кулаев, Н. X.; Туаева, О. Н. (1970), “мæтых”, in Касаев А. М., editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
- Абаев, В. И. (1973), “mætyx”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press, page 180