цанс

Ossetian

Alternative spellings

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *čášma, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *čáĉšma.

Old Armenian ցանց (cʿancʿ) may be related.

Noun

цанс • (cans)

  1. (Digor dialect) loop (of a snare, bashlyk, or while weaving); noose; snare
  • цӕстӕ (cæstæ)

References

  • Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 291–292
  • Taqazty, Fedar (2003), “цансæ”, in Digoron-urussag ʒurdwat [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
  • Čong (Cheung), Dž. (2009) Očerki istoričeskovo razvitija osetinskovo vokalizma [Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism] (in Russian), Translated into Russian from the 2002 English original by Salbiev T. K., Vladikavkaz: Izdatelʹsko-poligrafičeskoje predprijatije im. V. Gassijeva, pages 245–246
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