урдо

Chechen

Alternative forms

• урдуо̄ (urdwoo), урди (urdi), уьрди (ürdi), урдаув (urdawv)

Etymology

Related to the synonymous Ingush урдув (urduv), Georgian ურვადი (urvadi), ურვათი (urvati), ურადი (uradi), Ossetian и́рӕд (íræd), ӕруӕд (ærwæd). According to Abaev, the Vainakh and Georgian words are borrowed from Alanic *urwæd, of native Iranian origin: compare Sanskrit व्रत (vratá, “manner, usage, custom; religious vow or practice”), Avestan 𐬎𐬭𐬎𐬎𐬁𐬙𐬀 (uruuāta, “order, law”).

Noun

урдо̄ • (urdoo)

1. bride price (paid for divorce)

   Coordinate term: (paid for wedding) там (tam)

Further reading

• Abajev, V. I. (1958) “iræd | ærwæd”, in Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка [Historical-Etymological Dictionary of the Ossetian Language] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow and Leningrad: Academy Press, pages 546–547
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  Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.Aliroev, Ibragim Ju. (1975) Сравнительно-сопоставительный словарь отраслевой лексики чеченского и ингушского языков и диалектов [Comparative-Contrastive Dictionary of the Branch Lexicon of the Chechen and Ingush Languages and Dialects] (in Russian), Makhachkala: Chechen-Ingush Book Publishing House, page 260
• Alirojev, I. Ju. (2005) “урдо”, in Xamidova Z. X., editor, Čečensko-russkij slovarʹ [Chechen–Russian Dictionary], Moscow: Academia, page 256
• Androniḳašvili, Mzia (1966) Narḳvevebi iranul-kartuli enobrivi urtiertobidan I [Studies in Iranian–Georgian Linguistic Contacts I] (in Georgian), Tbilisi: Tbilisi University Press, page 110