Калак

See also: калак

Ossetian

Etymology

From калак (kalak, “city”), as the most prominent city close to Ossetians.

Noun

Калак • (Kalak)

  1. (South Ossetia) Tbilisi

Synonyms
  • Тбилис (Tbilis)

References
  • Abajev, V. I. (1958), “kalak”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume 1, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 569
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