мӕнӕргъы

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• мӕнӕргъ (mænærǧ) — Iron
• нинӕгъ (ninæǧ) — Digor

Etymology

Compare Karachay-Balkar наныкъ (nanıq, “raspberry”), Khakas ноңных (noñnıx, “blueberry”). This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

мӕнӕргъы • (mænærǧy) (Iron)

1. raspberry (Rubus idaeus)

Descendants

• → Svan: ინღა (inɣa), ინაღა (inaɣa)
  • → Mingrelian: იმღვა (imɣva), ინღვა (inɣva)

Further reading

• Abajev, V. I. (1973) “mænærǧ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 91–92
• Abajev, V. I. (1973) “ninæǧ”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 184
• Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, page 61