нымӕт
Ossetian
Etymology
Cognate with Persian نمد (namad, “felt”), Pashto [script needed] (nimacy), Talysh [script needed] (neme), Northern Luri [script needed] (nemet), Ishkashimi [script needed] (namūd).
Noun
нымӕт • (nymæt)
- felt
- a felt cloak worn in the caucuses
- burka
References
- Абаев, В. И. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: Academy Press