чъыр

Ossetian

Alternative forms

къирӕ (k’iræ) (Digor)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir, “oven, kiln”), the direct source probably being Georgian კირი (ḳiri).

Noun

чъыр • (ḱ’yr)

(Iron dialect) lime, calcium oxide
сыгъд чъыр ― syǧd ḱ’yr ― drowned lime

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, page 652
Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a

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