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Old Ruthenian
Etymology
Inherited from Old East Slavic обезьꙗ́на (obezĭjána), обозьꙗ́на (obozĭjána), borrowed from Persian ابوزینه (abuzina), بوزینه (buzina, “simian”). Cognate with Russian обезья́на (obezʹjána).
Noun
обезъꙗна • (obezʺjana) f animal
- ape, monkey
- Synonym: ма́лпа (málpa)
Further reading
- Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “обезъяна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 123