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Jassic
Etymology
From Old Ossetic, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xwarž-; cognate with Iron Ossetian хорз (xorz), Digor Ossetian хуарз (xwarz, “good”), Balochi اَوَرزا(awarza "pleasant, agreeable"), Middle Persian (hwʾlyst' /xwālist/, “sweetest”), and Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀- (xᵛarəzišta-, “sweetest”). Akin to Old Armenian ախորժ (axorž), an Iranian borrowing. Note also Persian خوش (xoš).
Adjective
horz
- good
Derived terms
Further reading
- Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 19, 188
- Bielmeier, Roland (1993) “Das Alanische bei Tzetzes”, in W. Skalmowski and A. van Tongerloo, editors, Medioiranica: Proceedings of the International Colloquium organized by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven from the 21st to 23rd of May 1990 (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 1–28, quoting the 1422 Jassic wordlist