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: "«" "»";хрящcartilageВероятно, перебой из *kykyrtag. Ср. qəqərdaqхрящ (II 706).Probably, it is from *kykyrtag by means of irregular
alternation. Cf. qəqərdaqcartilage (II 706).