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Ossetian
Etymology
From Georgian კალმახი (ḳalmaxi), ultimately from Old Armenian կարմրախայտ (karmraxayt).
Noun
къалмахи • (k’almaxi) (South Ossetia)
- trout
- Synonym: фалер (faler)
References
- Гассиев, Г. А., Туганов, С.-А. (1884–1885) “Названия растений и животных на осетинских наречиях [The names of plants and animals in Ossetian dialects]”, in Известяя Кавказского отдела Императорского русского географического общества, volume 8, number 1, с пояснительной запиской Л. Загурского, Тифлис, page 186 of 161–197
- Hübschmann, Heinrich (1887) Etymologie und Lautlehre der ossetischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 145