ностӕ

Ossetian

Etymology

From Proto-Iranian *snauša-, a secondary form beside *snuša-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *snušás, from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.

The similar forms in Caucasian languages are probably related. See them in Mingrelian ნოსა (nosa).

Noun

ностӕ • (nostæ) (Digor)

1. daughter-in-law

   Synonym: чындз (ḱynʒ)

Related terms

• файностӕ (fajnostæ) / файнуст (fajnust)

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1973) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 190–191
• Cheung, Johnny (2002) Studies in the Historical Development of the Ossetic Vocalism (Beitrage Zur Iranistik; 23), Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert, →ISBN, page 208
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1887) Etymologie und Lautlehre der ossetischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 52
• Miller, Vsevolod (1887) Осетинские этюды. Ч. 3. Исследования [Ossetian Studies. Part III. Studies] (Ученые записки Императорского Московского Университета. Отдел историко-филологический; 8) (in Russian), Moscow: Типография Е. Г. Потапова, page 168
• Takazov, F. M. (2003) “ностӕ”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania