кӕрц

Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Along with Sogdian [script needed] (kr’z’kh), probably of non-Iranian origin and instead borrowed from Northeast Caucasian, from Proto-Nakh *karcʯe (dress, clothes).[1]

Noun

кӕрц • (kærc) (plural кӕрцытӕ)

  1. (Iron) fur coat; sheepskin coat
    кӕрцы къӕрид
    kærcy k’ærid
    old, ragged fur coat

Derived terms

  • кӕрцаг (kærcag)
  • кӕрцхор (kærcxor)
  • тинкӕрц (tinkærc)

References

  • Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “кӕрц”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
  1. ^ Mudrak, O. A. (2017). Кавказизмы в осетинском языке (разбор семантических полей «оружие», «горы и горнорудный промысел», «ткани, одежда») [Caucasian loanwords in Ossetic: The semantic domains of “weapons,” “mountains and mining,” “clothes and cloth”] (p. 123).