хъӕлӕс

Ossetian

Alternative forms

гъӕлӕс (ǧælæs) (Digor)

Etymology

Since long connected with Old Church Slavonic гласъ (glasŭ), Russian голос (golos), but the common inheritance from Proto-Indo-European cannot explain the -l- (a rhotacism is expected in Iranian languages) and the second -æ-. More likely we are dealing with a borrowing from Old Church Slavonic гласъ (glasŭ) with expected pleophony.

Noun

хъӕлӕ́с • (qælǽs)

(Iron) voice

References

Abajev, V. I. (1973) “qælæs | ǧælæs”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume 2, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 288