гӕн

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Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Alanic *gænæ.

Noun

гӕн (gæn)

  1. (Iron) flax, Linum

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