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Enjoy your stay at Wiktionary! Vahag (talk) 20:59, 23 January 2025 (UTC)
Why do you suspect Ossetian mediation for these Circassian words of ultimate Persian origin? Despite being an Iranian people, Ossetians had little contact with Persian civilization, as opposed to for example Georgians and Turks. Vahag (talk) 11:07, 24 January 2025 (UTC)
- Kabardians in particular had little contact with Ottomans compared to other tribes, so I assumed there might be an Alan connection. I also am against attributing every Perso-Arabic term to Turkish, as is often done, I don't think it's realistic (this has also been used maliciously by certain nationalists). If you think Ossetian is unlikely you can remove it. If there is evidence of Ottoman connection, it can be added. If unsure, can just state that it originates from Persian. Уикиредактор (talk) 09:58, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- Alans too were not Persianate, they are not a good a mediator of words from Western Asian civilizations. Neither Abaev nor Shagirov trace the path of how these terms penetrated into North Caucasus. Until we figure out what is going on, it is better to simply say "ultimately from Persian". Vahag (talk) 11:09, 25 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Vahagn Petrosyan - Do you know which declension templates I should use for Adyghe and Kabardian respectively? Уикиредактор (talk) 15:55, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
- The templates are in Category:Adyghe noun inflection-table templates and Category:Kabardian inflection-table templates. I don't know how to use them. The only active Circassian editor was User:Adamsa123 but he is not active any more. The best way is to look how these templates were used by him in other entries and follow by analogy. Vahag (talk) 17:39, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
- @Vahagn Petrosyan - Do you know which declension templates I should use for Adyghe and Kabardian respectively? Уикиредактор (talk) 15:55, 30 January 2025 (UTC)
- Alans too were not Persianate, they are not a good a mediator of words from Western Asian civilizations. Neither Abaev nor Shagirov trace the path of how these terms penetrated into North Caucasus. Until we figure out what is going on, it is better to simply say "ultimately from Persian". Vahag (talk) 11:09, 25 January 2025 (UTC)