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Reconstruction:Alanic/cirǧ

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This Alanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Alanic

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sarmatian *ćiǧr, from Proto-Scythian *tiǧri.

Adjective

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*cirǧ

  1. bitter

Descendants

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  • Ossetian:
    Digor Ossetian: циргъ (cirǧ)
    Iron Ossetian: цыргъ (cyrǧ)

Noun

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*cirǧ[1]

  1. garlic

Descendants

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Lubotsky, Alexander (2002) “Scythian elements in Old Iranian”, in Sims-Williams, Nicholas, editor, Indo-Iranian Languages and Peoples[1], Oxford University Press, →DOI, pages 195-196, 198-199