издагъай

Avar

Etymology

Borrowed from Tsakhur издагъ (izdaʁ, “bride, daughter-in-law, sister-in-law”), from Alanic *izædæg, from Proto-Sarmatian *yazadag, from Proto-Iranian *yazatah. Akin to Ossetian изӕг (izæg, “angel”), Dargwa издаг (izdag, “princess”) and Lak издаг (izdag, “noble woman”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /izdaːʁaj/

Noun

издагъай • (izdağaj) class 2 (ergative издагъахьхьʼ or издагъайд, genitive издагъахьхьюл or издагъайдул, plural издагъабил) (Zakatala)

  1. wife
    Synonym: руччабай (ruččabaj)
  2. daughter-in-law, sister-in-law
    Synonym: нусай (nusaj)

References

  • Saidova, P. A. (1999), “издагъай”, in Диалектологический словарь аварского языка [Dialectological dictionary of Avar] (in Russian), Moscow: Nauka, page 414a
  • 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 291
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