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Ossetian
Etymology
The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Romani xolov (“stocking”), Russian халя́ва (xaljáva, “bootleg”), Armenian հալավ (halav, “garment”).
Noun
хӕлаф • (xælaf)
- trousers
Derived terms
Further reading
- Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 165
- Dalalyan, Tork (2009) “The Terms Concerning the City Life Borrowed from Armenian and Georgian into Ossetic (Alanian)”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes, volume 33, page 8 of 1–11