кӏаьнк

Ingush

Etymology

Borrowed from Ossetian къаннӕг (k’annæg, “little, small”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʼænkʲ/

Noun

кӏаьнк • (kʼänk) class vb

1. boy

References

• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “кӏаьнк”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 101
• Genko, Anatolii N. (1930) “Из культурного прошлого ингушей [From the cultural past of the Ingush]”, in Записки коллегии востоковедов при Азиатском музее АН СССР, volume V, Leningrad, page 723 of 681–761
• Abajev, V. I. (1958–1995) “k’annæg”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, page 618