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Ossetian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *zanH-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ānáHti. Akin to Persian دانستن, Baluchi زانگ (zánag), Sanskrit जानाति (jānāti).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈʒonɨn/
Verb
зо́нын • (zónyn)
- to know, recognize
- to be able to
Noun
зо́нын • (zónyn)
- knowledge
- ability, competence
References
- Bigulajev, B. B., Gagkajev, K. Je., Kulajev, N. X., Tuajeva, O. N. (1970) “зонын”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir
- Rossi, Adriano Valerio (1998) “Ossetic and Balochi in V. I. Abaev's Slovar’”, in Studia Iranica et Alanica : Festschrift for Prof. Vasilij Ivanovič Abaev on the occasion of his 95th birthday (Serie orientale Roma; 82), Rome: Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente, page 467
- Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 419