Ossetian
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- adjective
- /əˈsɛtɪən/
:
osetio
- Many Ossetian people are proud of their unique heritage and history.
- Ossetian extremists
- South Ossetian
Examples
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The Ossetian culture is known for its rich traditions and vibrant folklore.
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His side of the family is Ossetian, and we've had... more fights about politics than I care to remember.
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We're Ossetian!
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Russia's ability to support Ossetian and Abkhazian independence reflects, in some sense, its current financial independence from the United States and Europe.
Academic text (2008) -
Once the erstwhile Soviet republic of Georgia obtained its independence, the Ossetian minority within Georgia sought its own independence.
Academic text (1992) -
That year, Ossetian winemakers had crushed cask after cask so exquisitely that Sioned had sworn the Goddess herself had had something to do with it.
Fiction book (1992) -
During the festival, we enjoyed traditional Ossetian music and dance performances.
Compounds
A disputed region in the South Caucasus that declared independence from Georgia and is recognized by only a few countries
Surface Forms
Morphology
Ossetian = Ossetia (transparent) = Osseti + an
Formed from the place name 'Ossetia' with the productive demonym/adjectival suffix '-an', so the relation is directly inferable.
Etymology
Ossetian comes from the name of the region Ossetia, a word English borrowed through Russian and Georgian names for the local people. The ending -ian means 'from', like in Italian or Russian, so Ossetian as an adjective means 'from Ossetia' and is used for the region's language, culture, or things connected to that place.