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Circassian
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English
Etymology
en :af Circassia -an + 1
Pronunciation
en /səˈkæsi.ən/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Circassian.wav Southern England
en /səɹˈkæʃən/ US
Adjective
Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.
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Derived terms
en Circassian chicken
Translations
of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
Arabic: ar شَرْكَسِيّ m
Armenian: hy չերքեզական
Belarusian: be чарке́скі, be чэрке́скі
Catalan: ca circassià
Chechen: ce чергазийн
Czech: cs
Danish: da
Estonian: et
Finnish: fi tšerkessiläinen
French: fr circassien, fr tcherkesse
Georgian: ka ჩერქეზული, ka ჩერქეზეთის
German: de tscherkessisch
Hebrew: he צֶ׳רְקֶסִי cherkesi
Hungarian: hu cserkesz
Italian: it circassiano, it circasso
Kumyk: kum чергес çerges
Latvian: lv
Lithuanian: lt
Persian: fa چرکسی čarkasi
Polish: pl czerkieski
Romanian: ro
Russian: ru черке́сский
Slovak: sk
Swedish: sv tjerkessisk
Turkish: tr Çerkez, tr Çerkes
Ukrainian: uk черке́ський
Noun
A native or inhabitant of Circassia en historical (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.
en Cherkess Cherkessian
en Circassienne kind of light cashmere.
Translations
native or inhabitant of Circassia
Abkhaz: ab азыхә
Arabic: ar شَرْكَسِيّ m, ar شَرْكَسِيَّة f
Armenian: hy չերքեզ
Azerbaijani: az çərkəz
Belarusian: be чарке́с m, be чэрке́с m, be чарке́шанка f, be чэрке́шанка f
Chechen: ce чергазо, ce чергази
Circassian:
East Circassian: kbd адыгэ
West Circassian: ady адыгэ
Czech: cs čerkes m, cs čerkesové m-p
Finnish: fi tšerkessi
French: fr Circassien m, fr Circassienne f, fr Tcherkesse m f
Georgian: ka ჩერქეზი, ka ჯიქი historical, dated
German: de Tscherkesse m, de Tscherkessin f
Greek: el Τσερκέζος m
Hebrew: he צֶ׳רְקֶסִי m cherkesi
Hungarian: hu cserkesz
Kumyk: kum чергес çerges
Persian: fa چرکس čarkas
Polish: pl Czerkies m, pl Czerkieska f
Russian: ru черке́с m, ru черке́шенка f
Svan: sva ქაშა̈გ, sva მჷქშა̈გ
Swedish: sv tjerkess c
Turkish: tr Çerkez, tr Çerkes
Ottoman Turkish: ota چركس çerkes
Ubykh: uby адыга
Ukrainian: uk черке́с m, uk черке́ска f
Proper noun
+ languages
Adyghe language
Kabardian language
Ubykh language
A North Caucasian language group spoken in Circassia in North West Caucasus Russia.
The Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh languages.
Derived terms
en Proto-Circassian
Translations
language group
Arabic: ar اللُّغَات الشَّرْكَسِيَّة f-p
Armenian: hy չերքեզերեն
Azerbaijani: az çərkəz dilləri p
Chechen: ce чергазийн, ce чергазийн меттанаш, ce адыгийн меттанаш
Czech: cs čerkezština f
Finnish: fi tšerkessi
Georgian: ka ადიღური, ka ადიღური ენები, ka ჩერქეზული, ka ჩერქეზული ენები
German: de Tscherkessisch n
Hebrew: he צֶ׳רְקֶסִית f cherkesit
Hungarian: hu cserkesz
Persian: fa زبانهای چرکسی zabân-hâ-ye čarkasi p
Polish: pl język czerkieski m
Russian: ru черке́сский m
Turkish: tr Çerkezce, tr Çerkesçe
See also
en Adyghe, en Kabardian, en Ubykh, en Abkhazian
Adyghe language, Ubykh language, Kabardian language, Abkhaz language
ady, kbd, abk, uby
en Ethnonyms Languages