Ossetian

Noun

ӕфса́д • ‎(æfsád) ‎(plural ӕфсӕдтӕ)

1. (Iron dialect, Digor dialect) troops
2. (Iron dialect, Digor dialect) army

   Сырх Ӕфсад‎ ― Syrx Æfsad ― Red Army

References

• Kasajev A. M., editor (1993), “æфсад”, in Iron-wyryssag ʒyrdwat [Iron–Russian Dictionary], 4th edition, Vladikavkaz: North-Ossetian Institute of Humanitarian Studies
• Taqazty, Fedar (2003), “æфсад”, in Digoron-urussag ʒurdwat [Digor–Russian Dictionary], Vladikavkaz: Alania
• Abajev, V. I. (1958), “^æfsad | æfsad”, in Istoriko-etimologičeskij slovarʹ osetinskovo jazyka [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow, Leningrad: USSR Academy of Sciences, page 479