Fridrik Thordarson
(1928-2005)
- OSSETIC LANGUAGE i. History and description
According to the 1989 Soviet census, Ossetic is spoken by about 500,000 people; of these, about 330,000 live in North…
- DIGOR
DIGOR, Ossetic tribal name. The Digors, who number about 80,000 people or one-sixth of the Ossetic population, live mainly in…
- BAYATỊ, GAPPO
BAYATỊ, GAPPO (Ger.: Georg-Gappo Baiew), b. 9 September (old style 28 August) 1869, d. 24 April 1939, Ossetic man of…
- ASII
ASII (or ASIANI), an ancient nomadic people of Central Asia, who about 130 B.C. put an end to Greek rule…
- ARSEN, KOCOYTỊ
ARSEN, KOCOYTỊ (BIBOYỊ FỊRT) (Russian: Arsen Kotsoev), Ossetic author, b. 16 (3, Old Style) January 1872, d. 4 February 1944. He…
- MAMSIRATI, DÄBE
MAMSIRATI, (XABIYI FIRT) DÄBE (Russian: Dabe Mamsurov), Ossetic author (b. 9, August 1909, d. 21, August 1966). Däbe was born…
- ASB ii. Among the Scythians
ASB ii. Among the Scythians The Scythians (q.v.) are generally believed to have been among the earliest, if not the…
- BÄX FÄLDISỊN
BÄX FÄLDISỊN “horse dedication” (from bäx “horse” and fäldisịn “to dedicate or consecrate to the dead”), a funeral rite practiced…
- MORGENSTIERNE, Georg Valentin von Munthe af
MORGENSTIERNE, Georg Valentin von Munthe af, Norwegian linguist and Orientalist, specializing in Indo-Iranian languages, particularly those spoken in Afghanistan, the…
- KONOW, STEN
Figure 1. Sten Konow. Photograph after his Primer of Khotanese Saka, Oslo, 1949, frontispiece. KONOW, STEN (17 April 1867 –…
- FIDIUÄG
FIDIUÄG (The Herald), an Ossetic periodical. It was first edited by Kocoyti̱ Arsen (q.v.) in Cxinval, South Ossetia, in 1927,…
- CAUCASUS ii. Language contact
CAUCASUS and Iran. ii. Language Contact Languages of the Caucasus. The linguistic map of the Caucasus is extremely variegated. The following…
- DĀḠESTĀN
DĀḠESTĀN. i. Cultural relations with Persia. ii. Linguistic influences. i. Cultural Relations with Persia The many-faceted relationship between Dāḡestān (ancient…
- COLCHIS
COLCHIS, ancient Greek name of the region at the eastern end of the Black Sea and south of the Caucasus…
- CARUS
CARUS, Imperator Caesar MARCUS AURELIUS (Augustus), Roman emperor (r. 282-83). A professional soldier, probably from Narbo (Narbona) in southern Gaul…
- BRỊTʾIATỊ (COPANỊ FỊRT) ELBỊZDỊQO
BRỊTʾIATỊ (COPANỊ FỊRT) ELBỊZDỊQO (Russian Elbyzdyko Britaev), playwright regarded as the founder of Ossetic drama, b. in Dalagkau, North Ossetia,…
- BEDŽỊZATỊ ČERMEN
BEDŽỊZATỊ (DAUỊTỊ FỊRT) ČERMEN (Russ.: Chermen Begizov), b. 4 January 1899 (old style, 23 December 1898), d. 20 January 1941,…
- GÄDIATỊ (SEḰAYỊ FỊRT) COMAQ
GÄDIATỊ (SEḰAYỊ FỊRT) COMAQ (Rus: ComakGadiev; b. 14 January 1883, d. 24 October 1931), Ossetic writer. Comaq was born in…