horz

Jassic

Etymology

From Old Ossetic, ultimately from Proto-Iranian *xwarž-; cognate with Iron Ossetian хорз (xorz), Digor Ossetian хуарз (xwarz, “good”), Balochi اَوَرزا(awarza "pleasant, agreeable"), Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (hwʾlyst' /⁠xwālist⁠/, “sweetest”), and Avestan 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬌𐬱𐬙𐬀- (xᵛar^əzišta-, “sweetest”). Akin to Old Armenian ախորժ (axorž), an Iranian borrowing. Note also Persian خوش (xoš).

Adjective

horz

1. good

Derived terms

• da ban horz

Further reading

• Thordarson, Fridrik (2009) Ossetic Grammatical Studies (Philosophisch-Historische Klasse Sitzungsberichte; 788), Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press, →ISBN, pages 19, 188
• Bielmeier, Roland (1993) “Das Alanische bei Tzetzes”, in W. Skalmowski and A. van Tongerloo, editors, Medioiranica: Proceedings of the International Colloquium organized by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven from the 21st to 23rd of May 1990 (in German), Leuven: Peeters, pages 1–28, quoting the 1422 Jassic wordlist