Ossetian

English

Alternative forms

• Osetian

Etymology

From Ossetia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒˈsɛt.i.ən/, /ɒˈsɛt.jən/, /ɒˈsi(ː).ʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ɑˈsɛt.i.ən/, /ɑˈsɛt.jən/, /ɑˈsi.ʃən/

Adjective

Ossetian (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Ossetia or Ossetians.

   Synonyms: Ossetic, (archaic) Ossetish

Translations

pertaining to Ossetia

• Armenian: օսական (hy) (ōsakan), օսեթական (hy) (ōsetʻakan)
• Catalan: osseta, osset
• Chechen: хӏирийн (hiriı̇n)
• Czech: osetský, osetinský
• Danish: osseter, ossetier
• Finnish: ossetialainen, osseetti-
• French: ossète (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ოსური (ka) (osuri), ოსეთის (osetis)
• German: ossetisch (de)
• Hungarian: oszét (hu)
• Irish: Oiséatach
• Italian: osseto m, osseta f
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: osetî (ku)

• Occitan: ossèt (oc)
• Ossetian: ирыстоны (irystony), ирон (iron)
• Persian: اوستیایی (osetiyâyi)
• Polish: osetyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: osseta (pt)
• Russian: осети́нский (ru) m (osetínskij)
• Sarikoli: Osseti ziv
• Spanish: osetio
• Swedish: ossetisk (sv)
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can

Noun

Ossetian (plural Ossetians)

1. A member of the Iranian people inhabiting Ossetia.

Synonyms

• Ossete

Translations

member of the people

• Armenian: օս (hy) (ōs), օսեթ (ōsetʻ)
• Catalan: osseta m or f, osset m or f
• Chechen: хӏири (hiri)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧賽梯人 / 奥赛梯人 (Àosàitī rén)

• Czech: Oset (cs) m, Osetinec (cs) m
• Danish: ossetisk (da)
• Esperanto: osetiano (man or woman), osetianino (woman)
• Finnish: osseetti (fi)
• French: Ossète (fr) m or f, Ossétien (fr) m, Ossétienne (fr) f
• Georgian: ოსი (osi)
• German: Ossete (de) m, Ossetin (de) f
• Hungarian: oszét (hu)
• Ingush: хӏирий (hirii)
• Irish: Oiséatach m
• Italian: osseto m, osseta f
• Japanese: オセチア人 (オセチアじん, Osechia jin)

  Northern Kurdish: please add this translation if you can

• Kabardian: ӏэсетинхэ (ʼɛsetinxɛ), къущхьэ (kbd) (qʷuśḥɛ), аланхэ (alanxɛ)
• Karachay-Balkar: тегей (tegey) (Karachay), дюгер (düger) (Balkar)
• Nogai: осетин (osetin), дугыр (dugır)
• Ossetian: ир (ir), ирӕттӕ pl (irættæ), дигорӕ (digoræ), дигорӕнттӕ pl (digorænttæ)
• Persian: آسی (fa) (âsi)
• Polish: Osetyjczyk (pl) m, Osetyjka (pl) f
• Portuguese: osseta (pt) m or f
• Russian: осети́н (ru) m (osetín), осети́нка (ru) f (osetínka)
• Spanish: osetio m
• Swedish: osset (sv) c
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can

Proper noun

Ossetian

1. The Eastern Iranian language spoken by these people.

Synonyms

• Ossetic

Translations

language

• Armenian: օսերեն (hy) (ōseren), օսեթերեն (hy) (ōsetʻeren)
• Bartangi: Оссети зив (Ōssēti ziv)
• Catalan: osseta m, osset m
• Chechen: хӏирийн (hiriı̇n), хӏирийн мотт (hiriı̇n mott)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧賽梯語 / 奥赛梯语 (Àosàitī yǔ)

• Czech: osetština f
• Danish: ossetisk (da)
• Dutch: Ossetisch (nl) n
• Finnish: osseetti (fi)
• French: ossète (fr) m
• Georgian: ოსური (ka) (osuri), ოსური ენა (osuri ena)
• German: Ossetisch (de) n
• Greek: οσσετικά (el) n pl (ossetiká)
• Hungarian: oszét (hu)
• Irish: Oiséitis f
• Italian: osseto m
• Japanese: オセチア語 (オセチアご, Osechia go)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: osetî (ku)

• Ossetian: ирон (iron), ирон ӕвзаг (iron ævzag), иронау (ironaw)
• Persian: آسی (fa) (âsi), اوستی (oseti)
• Polish: osetyjski (pl) m
• Portuguese: osseto (pt) m
• Russian: осети́нский (ru) m (osetínskij)
• Shughni: Оссети зив (Ōssēti ziv), Ирони зив (Irōni ziv)
• Spanish: osetio m, oseta (es)
• Swedish: ossetiska (sv) c
• Tajik: please add this translation if you can
• Yaghnobi: Оссетӣ зивок (Osseti zivok), Иронӣ зивок (Ironi zivok)
• Zazaki: Osetki (diq)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ossetian terms
• Ossetian on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-1 code os, ISO 639-3 code oss (SIL)

Anagrams

• asientos, astonies, Osetians, Estonias, assiento