хӕфс
Ossetian
Alternative forms
- хӕфсӕ (xæfsæ) – Digor
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *kaĉyápah.[1] Compare also Old Armenian խօզ (xōz).
Noun
хӕфс • (xæfs)
- (Iron dialect) frog
Derived terms
- уӕртджы́н хӕфс (wærtǵýn xæfs, “tortoise, turtle”, literally “frog with a shield”)
References
- Abajev, V. I. (1989) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 162–163