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Ossetian
Etymology
From Proto-Iranian *kacyápah.[1] Compare also Old Armenian խօզ (xōz).
Noun
хӕфс • (xæfs)
- (Iron) frog
Derived terms
- уӕртджы́н хӕфс (wærtǵýn xæfs, “tortoise, turtle”, literally “frog with a shield”)
References
- ^ Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 162–163