| 释义 |
os·set
\ˈäsə̇t\ noun
also os·ete or os·sete \ˈäˌsēt\; or os·se·ta \ˈäsəd.ə\; or os·se·tine \-d.ə̇n\; or os·se·tian \əˈsēshən\
(-s)
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: osset, osete, ossete, osseta, ossetine from Russian Osetin, from Georgian Os, Oset'i, land of the Ossets; ossetian from osset + -an, n. suffix
: one of a tall Aryan people of central Caucasus who are possibly immigrants from Persia and are supposed to be descendants of the Alans and who follow a religion that is a mixture of Muhammadanism and Christianity |