Ossetian

Alternative forms

• чъыр ‎(ḱ’yr) (Iron)

Noun

къирӕ • ‎(k’iræ)

1. (Digor dialect) lime, calcium oxide

   сугъд къирӕ‎ ― suǧd k’iræ ― 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