Ossetiann.adj.

Brit.

/ɒˈsɛtɪən/,

/ɒˈsiːʃən/, U.S.

/ɑˈsiʃ(ə)n/,

/ɑˈsɛdiən/

Forms: 1700s– Ossetian, 1900s– Osetian.

Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ossetia , -an suffix.

Etymology: < the name of Ossetia (Russian Osetija , Georgian Oseti : see note), a region of the Central Caucasus partly in Russia and partly in Georgia + -an suffix. Compare French Ossétien (1794 in the passage translated in quot. 1794 at sense A. 1, 1902 in sense A. 2). Compare earlier Ossetin adj. and n. Compare also Ossetan adj. and n., Ossete n. and adj., Ossetic n. and adj.The Georgian place name literally means ‘land of the Os or Ossi ’ (compare quot. 1788 in the etymological note at Ossete n. and adj.) < Os , representing a local pronunciation of As , an ancient name for the people of this region < an Iranian language. The people, whose self-designation is Iron or Digor (depending upon which dialect of the language they speak), are thought to be descended from the Alans (see Alan n. and adj.). In form Osetian after Russian Osetija Ossetia, osetin an Ossetian, osetinskij (adjective) Ossetian (see Ossetin adj. and n.) or Georgian Oseti Ossetia.

A. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Ossetia, a region of the Central Caucasus partly in Russia and partly in Georgia; esp. a member of a people long settled in this area who speak an Iranian language (see sense A. 2). Cf. Ossete n. 1, Ossetin n.The region is divided into the republic of North Ossetia, in Russia's north Caucasian provinces, and South Ossetia, a smaller, isolated area in Georgia (since the 1980s the scene of ethnic unrest; the name is disputed by the inhabitants, who prefer to use ‘Inner Kartli’).

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun]

Circassian1555

Svan1601

Mingrelian1613

Abkhaz1686

Abaza1693

Lezgin1728

Ossetian1794

Abkhazian1799

Adyghe1799

Ainu1811

Chechen1814

Ossete1814

Kabardian1824

Tat1834

Laz1836

Caucasian1843

Svanetian1854

Ossetin1869

Gurian1876

Avar1881

Ingush1902

Megrelian1961

Megrel1967

1794 tr. P. N. Chantreau Philos., Polit., & Lit. Trav. Russia I. 288 He penetrated into the district of Osset..and travelled over this country, protected by a guard of Ossetians [Fr. Ossetiens].

1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. p. xxxv The Terek, whence he departed the 11th of September under the escort of some hundreds of Ossetians.

1849 Colburn's United Service Mag. Dec. 500 Russian missionaries, who, going among the Ossetians, a tribe in whose country there was said to be an immense quantity of gold, persuaded them to declare themselves Russian subjects.

1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 392/2 The Scythians..are believed by many authorities to have been Iranians and to be represented by the Osetians of the Caucasus.

1944 G. A. Nebolsine tr. G. Vernadsky Hist. Russia (rev. ed.) i. 16 The Caucasian Alans were called As or Os—a name which their descendants, the Ossetians, still bear.

1957 Whitaker's Almanack 954/2 Georgians make up about three fifths of the population, the remainder being composed of Armenians, Russians, Azerbaidjani and Osetians.

1994 Guardian 7 Jan. ii. 3/1 We were an average Russian family. Multi-racial. Several cousins had non-Russian husbands. One aunt was married to a Mordovan. My cousin, Rena, married an Ossetian.

2. The North-east Iranian language of the Ossetians.Also called Ossetan, Ossete, Ossetic, or Ossetin.

ΚΠ

1857 Bibliotheca Sacra 56 760 But there are other languages, of this stock, of much smaller philological value than those already mentioned, viz. the Ossetian and the Armenian.

1888 J. Wright tr. K. Brugmann Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Germanic Lang. I. 5 Ossetian [Ger. das Ossetische] (spoken in the neighbourhood of the Caucasus).

1933 Notes & Queries 164 192/1 Ossetian is a modern Iranian vernacular, spoken by the Ossetes, a tribe in central Caucasus.

1959 B. Geiger et al. Peoples & Lang. Caucasus 47 Ossetian has the status of a literary language.

1965 G. Y. Shevelov Prehist. of Slavic 615 Ossetian, the language which to a certain degree continues the Ir[anian] dialects north of the Black Sea, is known only in its modern form.

1998 D. Bellos et al. tr. G. Ifrah Universal Hist. Numbers ii. 30/2 The Indo-European language family..is traditionally classified in the following branches... The Iranian branch, including..several mediaeval and modern languages spoken in the area of Iran (Sogdian, Pahlavi, Caspian and Kurdish dialects, Ossetian (spoken in the Caucasus), Afghan, and Baluchi).

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Ossetians, their country, or their language.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective]

Circassian1638

Alan1705

Lezgin1780

Abkhaz1788

Mingrelian1788

Ossetin1788

Abaza1823

Lezgi1828

Ainua1837

Adyghe1847

Ossetic1850

Ossetian1854

Svanetian1854

Abkhazian1856

Avarian1875

Ossete1884

Ossetan1892

Kabardian1902

Gurian1932

the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > west Scythian

Scythiac1794

Ossetian1854

Scythian1885

1854 Examiner 19 Aug. 523/1 One more good story..told at the fireside one evening by an Ossetian host.

1857 Bibliotheca Sacra LVI. 760 In the midst of the Caucasus..is the home of the Ossetian tongue.

1877 A. H. Keane tr. A. Hovelacque Sci. of Lang. v. 207 The Ossetian declension is fuller than the Persian.

1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 June 398/4 Joseph..Jugashvili (otherwise Koba, otherwise Stalin) was the son of a Georgian father and an Ossetian mother.

1959 E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. xx. 257 The autonomous Mountaineers' republic was broken up into the North Osetian and Ingush autonomous regions.

2000 Independent 1 Aug. 5/8 The ancient traditions of the Ossetian nation and its connection with other world cultures.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ossetian
释义	Ossetiann.adj. Brit. /ɒˈsɛtɪən/, /ɒˈsiːʃən/, U.S. /ɑˈsiʃ(ə)n/, /ɑˈsɛdiən/ Forms: 1700s– Ossetian, 1900s– Osetian. Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Ossetia , -an suffix. Etymology: < the name of Ossetia (Russian Osetija , Georgian Oseti : see note), a region of the Central Caucasus partly in Russia and partly in Georgia + -an suffix. Compare French Ossétien (1794 in the passage translated in quot. 1794 at sense A. 1, 1902 in sense A. 2). Compare earlier Ossetin adj. and n. Compare also Ossetan adj. and n., Ossete n. and adj., Ossetic n. and adj.The Georgian place name literally means ‘land of the Os or Ossi ’ (compare quot. 1788 in the etymological note at Ossete n. and adj.) < Os , representing a local pronunciation of As , an ancient name for the people of this region < an Iranian language. The people, whose self-designation is Iron or Digor (depending upon which dialect of the language they speak), are thought to be descended from the Alans (see Alan n. and adj.). In form Osetian after Russian Osetija Ossetia, osetin an Ossetian, osetinskij (adjective) Ossetian (see Ossetin adj. and n.) or Georgian Oseti Ossetia. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Ossetia, a region of the Central Caucasus partly in Russia and partly in Georgia; esp. a member of a people long settled in this area who speak an Iranian language (see sense A. 2). Cf. Ossete n. 1, Ossetin n.The region is divided into the republic of North Ossetia, in Russia's north Caucasian provinces, and South Ossetia, a smaller, isolated area in Georgia (since the 1980s the scene of ethnic unrest; the name is disputed by the inhabitants, who prefer to use ‘Inner Kartli’). ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun] Circassian1555 Svan1601 Mingrelian1613 Abkhaz1686 Abaza1693 Lezgin1728 Ossetian1794 Abkhazian1799 Adyghe1799 Ainu1811 Chechen1814 Ossete1814 Kabardian1824 Tat1834 Laz1836 Caucasian1843 Svanetian1854 Ossetin1869 Gurian1876 Avar1881 Ingush1902 Megrelian1961 Megrel1967 1794 tr. P. N. Chantreau Philos., Polit., & Lit. Trav. Russia I. 288 He penetrated into the district of Osset..and travelled over this country, protected by a guard of Ossetians [Fr. Ossetiens]. 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire I. p. xxxv The Terek, whence he departed the 11th of September under the escort of some hundreds of Ossetians. 1849 Colburn's United Service Mag. Dec. 500 Russian missionaries, who, going among the Ossetians, a tribe in whose country there was said to be an immense quantity of gold, persuaded them to declare themselves Russian subjects. 1910 Encycl. Brit. X. 392/2 The Scythians..are believed by many authorities to have been Iranians and to be represented by the Osetians of the Caucasus. 1944 G. A. Nebolsine tr. G. Vernadsky Hist. Russia (rev. ed.) i. 16 The Caucasian Alans were called As or Os—a name which their descendants, the Ossetians, still bear. 1957 Whitaker's Almanack 954/2 Georgians make up about three fifths of the population, the remainder being composed of Armenians, Russians, Azerbaidjani and Osetians. 1994 Guardian 7 Jan. ii. 3/1 We were an average Russian family. Multi-racial. Several cousins had non-Russian husbands. One aunt was married to a Mordovan. My cousin, Rena, married an Ossetian. 2. The North-east Iranian language of the Ossetians.Also called Ossetan, Ossete, Ossetic, or Ossetin. ΚΠ 1857 Bibliotheca Sacra 56 760 But there are other languages, of this stock, of much smaller philological value than those already mentioned, viz. the Ossetian and the Armenian. 1888 J. Wright tr. K. Brugmann Elem. Compar. Gram. Indo-Germanic Lang. I. 5 Ossetian [Ger. das Ossetische] (spoken in the neighbourhood of the Caucasus). 1933 Notes & Queries 164 192/1 Ossetian is a modern Iranian vernacular, spoken by the Ossetes, a tribe in central Caucasus. 1959 B. Geiger et al. Peoples & Lang. Caucasus 47 Ossetian has the status of a literary language. 1965 G. Y. Shevelov Prehist. of Slavic 615 Ossetian, the language which to a certain degree continues the Ir[anian] dialects north of the Black Sea, is known only in its modern form. 1998 D. Bellos et al. tr. G. Ifrah Universal Hist. Numbers ii. 30/2 The Indo-European language family..is traditionally classified in the following branches... The Iranian branch, including..several mediaeval and modern languages spoken in the area of Iran (Sogdian, Pahlavi, Caspian and Kurdish dialects, Ossetian (spoken in the Caucasus), Afghan, and Baluchi). B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Ossetians, their country, or their language. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective] Circassian1638 Alan1705 Lezgin1780 Abkhaz1788 Mingrelian1788 Ossetin1788 Abaza1823 Lezgi1828 Ainua1837 Adyghe1847 Ossetic1850 Ossetian1854 Svanetian1854 Abkhazian1856 Avarian1875 Ossete1884 Ossetan1892 Kabardian1902 Gurian1932 the mind > language > languages of the world > Indo-Hittite > [adjective] > Indo-European > Indo-Iranian > Iranian > west Scythian Scythiac1794 Ossetian1854 Scythian1885 1854 Examiner 19 Aug. 523/1 One more good story..told at the fireside one evening by an Ossetian host. 1857 Bibliotheca Sacra LVI. 760 In the midst of the Caucasus..is the home of the Ossetian tongue. 1877 A. H. Keane tr. A. Hovelacque Sci. of Lang. v. 207 The Ossetian declension is fuller than the Persian. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 2 June 398/4 Joseph..Jugashvili (otherwise Koba, otherwise Stalin) was the son of a Georgian father and an Ossetian mother. 1959 E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. xx. 257 The autonomous Mountaineers' republic was broken up into the North Osetian and Ingush autonomous regions. 2000 Independent 1 Aug. 5/8 The ancient traditions of the Ossetian nation and its connection with other world cultures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1794
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