дзӕндӕл

Ossetian

Etymology

Abaev compares to Old Armenian դանդաղ (dandał, “slow”). Miller compares to Ossetian дзӕдӕл (ʒædæl, “impotent”).

Adjective

дзӕндӕл • (ʒændæl) (Digor)

1. slow, sluggish, clumsy, inept

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1995) Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume V, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 11
• Miller, Vsevolod (1927) A. A. Frejman, editor, Осетинско-русско-немецкий словарь [Ossetian–Russian–German dictionary], Leningrad: Academy Press, page 529
• Takazov, F. M. (2003) “дзӕндӕл”, in Дигорско-русский словарь [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania, page 257a