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Ossetian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáćšma.
Old Armenian ցանց (cʻancʻ) may be related.
Noun
цанс • (cans)
- (Digor) loop (of a snare, bashlyk, or while weaving); noose; snare
References
- Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 291–292
- Takazov, F. M. (2003) “цансӕ”, in Дигорско-русский словарь , Vladikavkaz: Alania
- Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009) T. K. Salbijeva, transl., Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma (in Russian), Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, →ISBN, pages 245–246