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Definition of Ossete in English: Ossetenoun ˈɒsiːtˈäsēt 1A native or inhabitant of Ossetia. Example sentencesExamples - Those who speak non-Turkic languages include Kurds, Armenians, Greeks, Circassians, Georgians, Laz, Arabs, Rom, Ossetes, Albanians, and Chechens.
- Here, in the foothills of the Caucasus ranges, lives a small ethnic minority: the Ossetes speak an Indo-Iranian language, and are thought to descend from Sarmatian nomads.
- The author does not include Nart sagas from other ethnic groups among whom the sagas are strongly represented, namely the Ossetes, Balkars and Karachays, nor those weakly represented, such as the Ingush, Chechens or Svans.
- Ethnic Ossetes also declared their own separate republic in the north, while, in the south, Azeri and Armenian minorities complained of discrimination and occasionally rumbled about breaking away.
2 another term for Ossetian (the language) Example sentencesExamples - 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.
adjective ˈɒsiːtˈäsēt Relating to Ossetia or the Ossetes. Example sentencesExamples - The Ossete mountaineers and the villagers of Mtiuleti were forced to toil without payment.
Derivatives adjective & noun To anyone who is of Ossetic descent or would like to learn more about Ossetians or Ossetic culture, please join my newly created group. Example sentencesExamples - He shows how Sanskrit influenced the writing system of Japanese, and that the Scythian language of ancient times survives today as Ossetic.
- Here is an interesting segment on Ossetic culture featuring a professor from South Ossetia.
Origin From Russian osetin, from Georgian. Definition of Ossete in US English: Ossete(also Osset) nounˈäsēt 1A native or inhabitant of Ossetia. Example sentencesExamples - The author does not include Nart sagas from other ethnic groups among whom the sagas are strongly represented, namely the Ossetes, Balkars and Karachays, nor those weakly represented, such as the Ingush, Chechens or Svans.
- Here, in the foothills of the Caucasus ranges, lives a small ethnic minority: the Ossetes speak an Indo-Iranian language, and are thought to descend from Sarmatian nomads.
- Ethnic Ossetes also declared their own separate republic in the north, while, in the south, Azeri and Armenian minorities complained of discrimination and occasionally rumbled about breaking away.
- Those who speak non-Turkic languages include Kurds, Armenians, Greeks, Circassians, Georgians, Laz, Arabs, Rom, Ossetes, Albanians, and Chechens.
2 another term for Ossetian Example sentencesExamples - 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.
adjectiveˈäsēt Relating to Ossetia or the Ossetes. Example sentencesExamples - The Ossete mountaineers and the villagers of Mtiuleti were forced to toil without payment.
Origin From Russian osetin, from Georgian. |