хӕлаф

Ossetian

Etymology

The origin is uncertain. Has been compared to Romani xolov (“stocking”), Russian халя́ва (xaljáva, “bootleg”), Armenian հալավ (halav, “garment”).

Noun

хӕлаф • (xælaf)

1. trousers

Derived terms

• хӕлайфаг (xælajfag)

Further reading

• Abajev, V. I. (1989) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume IV, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 165
• Dalalyan, Tork (2009) “The Terms Concerning the City Life Borrowed from Armenian and Georgian into Ossetic (Alanian)”, in Revue des Études Arméniennes‎^[1], volume 33, page 8 of 1–11