Cognates
The following table illustrates some common Ossetic words and gives cognates in other Indo-Iranian and other Indo-European languages.
| Meaning | fire | month | new | mother | sister | night | nose | three | red | yellow | green | wolf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Translations into different languages | ||||||||||||
| Ossetic | арт |
мæй |
нæуæг |
мад |
хо |
æхсæв |
фындз |
æртæ |
сырх |
бур |
цъæх |
бирæгъ |
| Pashto | اور |
مياشت |
نوی |
مور |
خور |
شپه |
پوزه |
درې |
سور |
زيړ |
شين |
لېوه |
| Kurdish | agir / ar | me(h) | nêw | mak/daik | xoşk | şev | difn/lut | sê | sor | zerd/bor | kesk/şîn | gur / wir |
| Persian | آتش |
ماه |
نو |
مادر |
خواهر |
شب |
بینی / پوزه |
سه |
سرخ |
بور/ زرد |
سبز |
گرگ |
| Sanskrit | agni/atar | māsa | nava | matar | svasā | rātri | nāsa | traya | rudhira | peeta | harita | vrkis |
| Hindi-Urdu | āg | mahīna | nayā | mā | behn | rāt | nāk | tīn | lāl | pīlā | harā | bheyrryā |
| German | Feuer | Monat | neu | Mutter | Schwester | Nacht | Nase | drei | rot | gelb | grün | Wolf |
| Latin | ignis | mēnsis | novus | māter | soror | nox | nasus | trēs | ruber | flāvus, gilvus | viridis | lupus |
| Greek | φωτιά |
μήνας |
νέος |
μητέρα |
αδελφή |
νύχτα |
μύτη |
τρία |
ερυθρός |
κίτρινος |
πράσσινος |
λύκος |
| Lithuanian | ugnis | mėnuo | naujas | motina | sesuo | naktis | nosis | trys | raudona | geltona | žalias | vilkas |
| Russian | огонь |
месяц |
новый |
мать |
сестра |
ночь |
нос |
три |
красный, рыжий |
жёлтый |
зелёный |
волк |
| Irish | tine | mí | nua | máthair | deirfiúr | oíche | srón | trí | dearg/rua | buí | glas | faolchú |
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