урдо
Chechen
Alternative forms
- урдуо̄ (urduō), урди (urdi), уьрди (ürdi), урдаув (urdauw)
Etymology
Related to the synonymous Ingush урдув (urdū), Georgian ურვადი (urvadi), ურვათი (urvati), ურადი (uradi), Ossetian и́рӕд (íræd), ӕруӕд (ærwæd). According to Abaev, the Vainakh and Georgian words are borrowed from Old Ossetic *urwæd, of native Iranian origin: compare Sanskrit व्रत (vratá, “manner, usage, custom; religious vow or practice”), Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬙𐬀 (uruuāta, “order, law”).
Noun
урдо̄ • (urdō)
- bride price (paid for divorce)
- Coordinate term: там (tam) (paid for wedding)
Further reading
- Abajev, V. I. (1958), “iræd | ærwæd”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 546–547
- Alirojev, I. Ju. (1975), “урдуо”, in Sravnitelʹno-sopostavitelʹnyj slovarʹ otraslevoj leksiki čečenskovo i ingušskovo jazykov i dialektov [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects], Makhachkala: Čečeno-ingušskoje knižnoje izdatelʹstvo, page 260
- Alirojev, I. Ju. (2005), “урдо”, in Xamidova Z. X., editor, Čečensko-russkij slovarʹ [Chechen–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Academia, page 256
- Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 110