horz

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Jassic

Etymology

From Alanic *xwarz, from Proto-Sarmatian *xwarz, from Proto-Sarmatian *xwarzi, from Proto-Iranian *xwaržah (pleasant; sweet). Cognate with Iron Ossetian хорз (xorz), Digor Ossetian хуарз (xwarz, good), Balochi اَوَرزا(awarza "pleasant, agreeable"), Middle Persian (hwʾlyst' /⁠xwālist⁠/, sweetest), Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀- (xᵛarəzišta-, sweetest), Old Armenian ախորժ (axorž).

Adjective

horz

  1. 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