мӕнӕргъы

Ossetian

Alternative forms
  • мӕнӕргъ (mænærǧ) — Iron
  • нинӕгъ (ninæǧ) — Digor

Etymology

Compare Karachay-Balkar наныкъ (nanıq, “raspberry”), Khakas ноңных (noñnıx, “blueberry”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

мӕнӕргъы • (mænærǧy) (Iron)

  1. raspberry (Rubus idaeus)

Descendants

Further reading
  • Abajev, V. I. (1973), “mænærǧ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 91–92
  • Abajev, V. I. (1973), “ninæǧ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 184
  • Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 61
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