гӕн

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • гӕнӕ (gænæ) — Digor

Etymology

Inherited from Old Ossetic *gænæ.

Possibly related to Eastern Mari кыне́ (kyńé, “hemp”), Svan ქან (kan, “hemp”), Abkhaz а-қәны (a-kʷnə).[1][2] See κάνναβις (kánnabis) for more.

Noun

гӕн • (gæn)

  1. (Iron) flax, Linum

References
  1. Tuite, Kevin (1997) Svan (Languages of the World, Materials; 139)‎, Munich: LINCOM-Europa, →ISBN, page 9
  2. Abajev, V. I. (1949) Осетинский язык и фольклор I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎ (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 296

Further reading
  • 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 512-513
  • Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “гӕн”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
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