нӕлхӕ

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Ossetian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ingush налха (nalxa).

Noun

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нӕлхӕ (nælxæ)

  1. (Iron) butter

References

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  • Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) “нӕлхӕ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 168:употребительно только в северноиронских говорах; [used only in the Northern Iron dialects;]upotrebitelʹno tolʹko v severnoironskix govorax; [used only in the Northern Iron dialects;]