бӕх

Ossetian

Etymology

A Nakh borrowing, compare: Chechen бекъа (beqʼa), Ingush бакъ (baqʼ), Bats ბაყო̆ (baq̇ŏ).[1]

Noun

бӕх • (bæx)

  1. horse

Descendants
  • → Georgian: (Imereti) ბახი (baxi, “useless horse”), (Gudamaqari) ბუხი (buxi), (Khevsureti, Khevi) ფუხი (puxi)

References
  1. Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 255–256
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