Ossetian

Alternative forms

• къирӕ ‎(k’iræ) (Digor)

Noun

чъыр • ‎(ḱ’yr)

1. (Iron dialect) lime, calcium oxide

   сыгъд чъыр‎ ― syǧd ḱ’yr ― drowned lime

References

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 652
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1973), “կիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), volume II, 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935, page 594a