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Ossetian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *madaxa; compare Persian ملخ (malax) and especially Khwarezmian مثخ (mθx).
Noun
мӕты́х • (mætýx)
- (Iron) locust
References
- Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “мӕтых”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
- Abajev, V. I. (1973) “mætyx”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 180