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Ossetian
Etymology
Together with Iron Ossetian дзылакъуы (ʒylak’°y) ultimately of Circassian origin; see Kabardian щӏэрыкӏуэ (śʼɛrəkʷʼɛ).[1]
Noun
дзиликъу • (ʒilik’u) (Digor)
- Jerusalem artichoke (Helianthus tuberosus)
Usage notes
Some sources alternatively identify the plant as the chervil.
See also
References
- ^ Техов, Ф. Д. (1977) “Кавказский слой в терминологии растений в осетинском языке [The Caucasian layer in the plant terminology of Ossetian]”, in Материалы Пятой региональной научной сессии по историко-сравнительному изучению иберийско-кавказских языков 4—6 июля 1973, Орджоникидзе, page 217
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, page 404
- Axvlediani, G. (1960) Сборник избранных работ по осетинскому языку. Книга I [Collection of selected works on Ossetian. Book I] (Труды кафедры общего языковедения; 5) (in Russian), Tbilisi: University Press, page 143
- Takazov, F. M. (2003) “дзиликъу”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania, page 259a
- Техов, Ф. Д. (1979) Названия растений в осетинском языке (in Russian), Цхинвали: Ирыстон, page 172