Ossetian

Alternative forms

• бӕмпӕг ‎(bæmpæg) (Digor)

Noun

бӕмбӕ́г • ‎(bæmbǽg) ‎(plural бӕмбӕджытӕ)

1. (Iron dialect) cotton
2. (Iron dialect) absorbent cotton, cotton wool, wadding, batting

References

• Kasajev A. M., editor (1993), “бæмбæг”, in Iron-wyryssag ʒyrdwat [Iron–Russian Dictionary], 4th edition, Vladikavkaz: North-Ossetian Institute of Humanitarian Studies
• Abajev, V. I. (1973), “bæmbæg, bæmpæg”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume II, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 249–250
• Hübschmann, Heinrich (1887) Etymologie und Lautlehre der ossetischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: K.J. Trübner, page 121