обезъꙗна

Old Ruthenian

Alternative forms
  • обезꙗ́на (obezjána), обезъа́на (obezʺána)

Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic обезьꙗ́на (obezĭjána), обозьꙗ́на (obozĭjána), borrowed from Persian ابوزینه (abuzina), بوزینه (buzina, “simian”). Cognate with Russian обезья́на (obezʹjána).

Noun

обезъꙗна • (obezʺjana) f animal

  1. ape, monkey
    Synonym: ма́лпа (málpa)

Further reading
  • Bulyka, A. M., editor (2002), “обезъяна”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 21 (никой – оддухъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 123
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