хӕфс

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • хӕфсӕ (xæfsæ) — Digor

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *kacyápah.[1] Compare also Old Armenian խօզ (xōz).

Noun

хӕфс • (xæfs)

  1. (Iron) frog

Derived terms
  • уӕртджы́н хӕфс (wærtǵýn xæfs, “tortoise, turtle”, literally “frog with a shield”)

References
  1. Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 162–163
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