Abaev Dictionary: entry <hi rendition="#rend_italic">kosa</hi>

Translated from Russian in 2020 by Oleg Belyaev (ed.), Irina Khomchenkova, Julia Sinitsyna and Vadim Dyachkov.

 Абаев, Василий Иванович. Историко-этимологический словарь осетинского языка. Т. I. A–Kʼ. М.–Л.: Наука, 1958. С. ??–??. font-variant: italic; font-variant: small-caps; quotes: "‘" "’"; quotes: "«" "»";
kosa
у кого не растет борода a person, whose beard does not grow безбородый beardless с жидкой бородой with sparse beard Из kosa; возможно — через грузинское посредство: kosa id. From kosa; probably by the instrumentality of Georgian: kosa id.