дзала

Ossetian

Etymology

Borrowed from Georgian ჭალა (č̣ala, “flat land adjacent to a river”), via an intermediate meaning "*coastal grass"

Noun

дзала • (ʒala)

  1. sedge

References

  • 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, page 389
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