бӕгъӕмсар

Ossetian

Alternative forms

бӕгъӕнсар (bæǧænsar) (Digor)

Etymology

Equivalent to бӕгънӕ́г (bæǧnǽg, “naked”) +‎ сӕр (sær, “head”). According to Abaev, the compound is already of Old Iranian period: *magna-sara- or *magna-sāra-. For the constituents see *negʷ- and *ḱerh₂-. Middle Armenian Մանկասար (Mankasar) may be related.

Adjective

бӕгъӕ́мсар • (bæǧǽmsar)

(Iron dialect) bareheaded

References

Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “бæгъæмсар”, in Kasajev A. M., editor, Osetinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
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 246
Abajev, V. I. (1949) Osetinskij jazyk i folʹklor I [Ossetian Language and Folklore I]‎ (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 29

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