ӕрфыг

Ossetian

Alternative forms

• ӕрфуг (ærfug) — Digor

Etymology

From Alanic *ᵊrβug, Proto-Sarmatian *βrūg, Proto-Scythian *βrūki, from Proto-Iranian *HbrúHkah. Compare Middle Persian [script needed] (blwk' /⁠brūg⁠/), Sogdian [script needed] (βr’wk’ /⁠βrūk⁠/), Pashto وروځه (wrúja). Ultimately derived from Proto-Iranian *HbrúHh, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *HbʰrúHs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃bʰrúHs.

Noun

ӕрфыг • (ærfyg)

1. (Iron) eyebrow

   æрфгуытæ ныттар кæнын — to frown, to be angry

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1973), Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 405-406
• Bigulajev, B. B.; Gagkajev, K. Je.; Kulajev, N. X.; Tuajeva, O. N. (1970), “ӕрфыг”, in A. M. Kasajev, editor, Осетинско-русский словарь [Ossetian–Russian Dictionary], 3rd edition, Ordzhonikidze: Ir