фидар

Ossetian

Etymology

Possibly related to Old Armenian պատուար (patuar, “fortress”), from an Iranian borrowing; compare Sanskrit प्रतिवार (prativāra, “warding off, resisting”), Avestan 𐬞𐬀𐬌𐬭𐬌𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬭𐬀 (pairiuuāra, “surrounding protection”). Ultimately from Proto-Iranian *pati-vāra-. Classical Syriac ܦܕܛܘܪܐ (/pdṭwrʾ/, “fortification”) is borrowed from the same source.

Noun

фидар • (fidar)

1. stronghold, bulwark, holdout
2. fort, fortification, citadel
3. guarantee
4. endurance
5. protector, patron, defender

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press