Reconstruction:Old Ossetic/cirǧ

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This Old Ossetic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Old Ossetic

Etymology

From Proto-Ossetic *ćiǧrɨ, from Proto-Scythian *tiǧri.

Adjective

*cirǧ

  1. bitter

Descendants

  • Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: циргъ (cirǧ)
    Iron Ossetian: цыргъ (cyrǧ)

Noun

*cirǧ[1]

  1. garlic

Descendants

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “Scythian elements in Old Iranian”, in Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editor, Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples, Oxford University Press, →DOI, pages 195-196, 198-199