Ossetian

Alternative forms

• науӕ ‎(nawæ) (Digor)

Noun

нау • ‎(naw) ‎(plural наутӕ)

1. (Iron dialect) ship

   науы кӕттаг‎ ― nawy kættag ― sail of the ship

   науы капитан‎ ― nawy kapitan ― captain of the ship

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences
• Kasajev A. M., editor (1993), “нау”, in Iron-wyryssag ʒyrdwat [Iron–Russian Dictionary], 4th edition, Vladikavkaz: North-Ossetian Institute of Humanitarian Studies