бӕмбӕг

Ossetian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Persian pmbk' (pambag) or cognate with it.

Noun

бӕмбӕ́г • (bæmbǽg) (plural бӕмбӕджытӕ)

  1. (Iron dialect) cotton
  2. (Iron dialect) absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting

References
  • Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “бæмбæг”, in Kasajev A. M., editor, Osetinsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Publishing House “Ir”
  • Abajev, V. I. (1973), “bæmbæg, bæmpæg”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 249–250
  • Hübschmann, Heinrich (1887) Etymologie und Lautlehre der ossetischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 121
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