къирӕ

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• чъыр (ḱ’yr) (Iron)

Etymology

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

Noun

къирӕ • (k’iræ)

1. (Digor) lime, calcium oxide

   сугъд къирӕ ― suǧd k’iræ ― drowned lime

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 652
• Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1973) “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume II, Yerevan: University Press, page 594a