About the ‘Ossetian’ Window

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dc.identifier	ECF_article_12064
dc.title	About the ‘Ossetian’ Window
dc.contributor.author	Ognibene Paolo
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Venice University Press, Fondazione Università Ca’ Foscari
dc.type	Research Article
dc.language.iso	it
dc.identifier.uri	http://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/riviste/annali-di-ca-foscari-serie-orientale/2023/1/sulla-finestra-osseta/
dc.description.abstract	In Ossetic (Iron) there are two words for ‘window’: rūʒyng and færssag. The second term actually derives from færssag rūʒyng, or ‘side window’. In fact, in ancient times, Ossetian houses did not have windows on the walls, but only an opening in the ceiling which served both to illuminate the house and to let the smoke out of the fireplace. The word is attested with the same meaning in many contemporary and ancient Iranian languages and is related to the term for light. In Digoron the term for the window is of Turkic origin, and roʒingæ instead indicates the bread used in worship, equivalent to Iron ærtxūron word closely connected to the name of the sun.
dc.relation.ispartof	Annali di Ca’ Foscari. Serie orientale
dc.relation.ispartof	Vol. 59 \| June 2023
dc.issued	2023-08-29
dc.dateAccepted	2023-05-29
dc.dateSubmitted	2023-02-03
dc.identifier.issn
dc.identifier.eissn	2385-3042
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.identifier.doi	10.30687/AnnOr/2385-3042/2023/01/004
dc.peer-review	yes
dc.subject	Eastern Iranian Languages
dc.subject	Etymology
dc.subject	Indo-European Languages
dc.subject	Ossetic
dc.subject	Window

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Paolo Ognibene Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, Italia

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abstract

In Ossetic (Iron) there are two words for ‘window’: rūʒyng and færssag. The second term actually derives from færssag rūʒyng, or ‘side window’. In fact, in ancient times, Ossetian houses did not have windows on the walls, but only an opening in the ceiling which served both to illuminate the house and to let the smoke out of the fireplace. The word is attested with the same meaning in many contemporary and ancient Iranian languages and is related to the term for light. In Digoron the term for the window is of Turkic origin, and roʒingæ instead indicates the bread used in worship, equivalent to Iron ærtxūron word closely connected to the name of the sun.

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Aug. 29, 2023

Accepted

May 29, 2023

Submitted

Feb. 3, 2023

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Keywords: Etymology • Indo-European Languages • Window • Eastern Iranian Languages • Ossetic

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