Osseten.adj.

Brit.

/ˈɒsiːt/, U.S.

/ˈɑˌsit/

Forms: 1800s– Osset, 1800s– Ossete.

Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Ossete.

Etymology: < German Ossete (1814 or earlier), probably < Georgian oseti (see Ossetian n. and adj. and compare quot. 1788 in the etymological note below). Compare French Ossète (1823 in sense A. 1; 1855 in sense A. 2). Compare earlier Ossetian n. and adj., Ossetin adj. and n. Compare also Ossetan adj. and n., Ossetic n. and adj.The form Osseti is attested earlier in an English context in the following:1788 G. Ellis Mem. Map Countries between Black Sea & Caspian 34 The Ossi, or Osseti. The northern division of this nation is scattered about the rivulets that fall into the Terek... The southern is settled on the Aragui, [etc.].

A. n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Ossetia, esp. a speaker of Ossetian; = Ossetian n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun]

Circassian1555

Svan1601

Mingrelian1613

Abkhaz1686

Abaza1693

Lezgin1728

Ossetian1794

Abkhazian1799

Adyghe1799

Ainu1811

Chechen1814

Ossete1814

Kabardian1824

Tat1834

Laz1836

Caucasian1843

Svanetian1854

Ossetin1869

Gurian1876

Avar1881

Ingush1902

Megrelian1961

Megrel1967

1814 F. Shoberl tr. J. Klaproth Trav. Caucasus & Georgia xxvi. 315 The authority of the Tscherkessian princes formerly extended over the Ossetes, the Tschetschenzes, the Abasses, and the Tartar tribes.

1869 C. Engel Mus. Instruments S. Kensington Mus. 4 The Ossetes..are an Indo-Germanic race dwelling in Central Caucasus. They call themselves Irôn; Oseti is the name given to them by the Georgians and other neighbouring nations.

1913 E. H. Minns Scythians & Greeks iv. 37 Klaproth first proved in 1822 that the Ossetes are the same as the Caucasian Alans.

1989 J. P. Mallory In Search of Indo-Europeans ii. 49 Of these different peoples, only remnants of the Alans have survived to the present day in the modern guise of the Ossetes.

2. The North-east Iranian language of the Ossetes; = Ossetian n. 2.

ΚΠ

1831 J. C. Prichard Eastern Origin Celtic Nations 18 Several intermediate languages, as the Zend and other Persian dialects, the Armenian and the Ossete, which is one of the various idioms spoken by the nations of Caucasus, have been supposed by writers..to belong to the same stock.

1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 62 An isolated offshoot [of Iranian], far to the west is Ossete, in the Caucasus, spoken by some 225,000 persons.

2001 Weekly Standard (Nexis) 3 Dec. 22 The intelligence community has almost no knowledge of the rebarbative languages spoken in or around Afghanistan—Pashto, Farsi, Dari, Tajik, Azgari, Uzbek, Turkmen, Berber, Aimaq, Baluchi, Ossete, and Yaghnobi.

B. adj.

Of, relating to, or designating the Ossetes or their language; = Ossetian adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective]

Circassian1638

Alan1705

Lezgin1780

Abkhaz1788

Mingrelian1788

Ossetin1788

Abaza1823

Lezgi1828

Ainua1837

Adyghe1847

Ossetic1850

Ossetian1854

Svanetian1854

Abkhazian1856

Avarian1875

Ossete1884

Ossetan1892

Kabardian1902

Gurian1932

1884 Science 11 Apr. 469/2 Koban is a little Ossete village..on Tagaour Mountain.

1890 Harper's Mag. June 28/2 Heavy Ossete carts, with whole Mussulman families concealed beneath their canvas awnings.

1934 J. L. Myres in E. Eyre European Civilization I. ii. 187 The Ossete language in Caucasus.

1962 D. M. Lang Mod. Hist. Georgia iii. 49 The Ossete mountaineers and the villagers of Mtiuleti were forced to toil without payment.

1974 Country Life 24 Jan. 146/4 An Ossete folk-ballad, adapted by the poet Kosta Khetagurov (the Caucasian equivalent of Robert Burns), begins: The fox has been whetting her teeth for the badger.

1992 Keesings Contemp. Arch. (BNC) Nov. Russian and Georgian troops had maintained a ceasefire in South Ossetia since June, following fighting between Georgian troops and Ossete rebels after the region declared independence in 1990.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ossete
释义	Osseten.adj. Brit. /ˈɒsiːt/, U.S. /ˈɑˌsit/ Forms: 1800s– Osset, 1800s– Ossete. Origin: A borrowing from German. Etymon: German Ossete. Etymology: < German Ossete (1814 or earlier), probably < Georgian oseti (see Ossetian n. and adj. and compare quot. 1788 in the etymological note below). Compare French Ossète (1823 in sense A. 1; 1855 in sense A. 2). Compare earlier Ossetian n. and adj., Ossetin adj. and n. Compare also Ossetan adj. and n., Ossetic n. and adj.The form Osseti is attested earlier in an English context in the following:1788 G. Ellis Mem. Map Countries between Black Sea & Caspian 34 The Ossi, or Osseti. The northern division of this nation is scattered about the rivulets that fall into the Terek... The southern is settled on the Aragui, [etc.]. A. n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Ossetia, esp. a speaker of Ossetian; = Ossetian n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun] Circassian1555 Svan1601 Mingrelian1613 Abkhaz1686 Abaza1693 Lezgin1728 Ossetian1794 Abkhazian1799 Adyghe1799 Ainu1811 Chechen1814 Ossete1814 Kabardian1824 Tat1834 Laz1836 Caucasian1843 Svanetian1854 Ossetin1869 Gurian1876 Avar1881 Ingush1902 Megrelian1961 Megrel1967 1814 F. Shoberl tr. J. Klaproth Trav. Caucasus & Georgia xxvi. 315 The authority of the Tscherkessian princes formerly extended over the Ossetes, the Tschetschenzes, the Abasses, and the Tartar tribes. 1869 C. Engel Mus. Instruments S. Kensington Mus. 4 The Ossetes..are an Indo-Germanic race dwelling in Central Caucasus. They call themselves Irôn; Oseti is the name given to them by the Georgians and other neighbouring nations. 1913 E. H. Minns Scythians & Greeks iv. 37 Klaproth first proved in 1822 that the Ossetes are the same as the Caucasian Alans. 1989 J. P. Mallory In Search of Indo-Europeans ii. 49 Of these different peoples, only remnants of the Alans have survived to the present day in the modern guise of the Ossetes. 2. The North-east Iranian language of the Ossetes; = Ossetian n. 2. ΚΠ 1831 J. C. Prichard Eastern Origin Celtic Nations 18 Several intermediate languages, as the Zend and other Persian dialects, the Armenian and the Ossete, which is one of the various idioms spoken by the nations of Caucasus, have been supposed by writers..to belong to the same stock. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. iv. 62 An isolated offshoot [of Iranian], far to the west is Ossete, in the Caucasus, spoken by some 225,000 persons. 2001 Weekly Standard (Nexis) 3 Dec. 22 The intelligence community has almost no knowledge of the rebarbative languages spoken in or around Afghanistan—Pashto, Farsi, Dari, Tajik, Azgari, Uzbek, Turkmen, Berber, Aimaq, Baluchi, Ossete, and Yaghnobi. B. adj. Of, relating to, or designating the Ossetes or their language; = Ossetian adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective] Circassian1638 Alan1705 Lezgin1780 Abkhaz1788 Mingrelian1788 Ossetin1788 Abaza1823 Lezgi1828 Ainua1837 Adyghe1847 Ossetic1850 Ossetian1854 Svanetian1854 Abkhazian1856 Avarian1875 Ossete1884 Ossetan1892 Kabardian1902 Gurian1932 1884 Science 11 Apr. 469/2 Koban is a little Ossete village..on Tagaour Mountain. 1890 Harper's Mag. June 28/2 Heavy Ossete carts, with whole Mussulman families concealed beneath their canvas awnings. 1934 J. L. Myres in E. Eyre European Civilization I. ii. 187 The Ossete language in Caucasus. 1962 D. M. Lang Mod. Hist. Georgia iii. 49 The Ossete mountaineers and the villagers of Mtiuleti were forced to toil without payment. 1974 Country Life 24 Jan. 146/4 An Ossete folk-ballad, adapted by the poet Kosta Khetagurov (the Caucasian equivalent of Robert Burns), begins: The fox has been whetting her teeth for the badger. 1992 Keesings Contemp. Arch. (BNC) Nov. Russian and Georgian troops had maintained a ceasefire in South Ossetia since June, following fighting between Georgian troops and Ossete rebels after the region declared independence in 1990. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1814
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