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Circassian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /səɹˈkæʃən/ (US)
• /səˈkæsi.ən/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English Circassia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Circassian From Circassia + -an.

Meanings

1. Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.
   • But in the garden was life in all its glad and bright hues: the early roses and the late violets opened their urns, exhaling in perfume the drops they caught, till every breath was pleasure; the laburnums, those prodigals of fleeting wealth, were covered with gold; and the Persian lilacs waved graceful as the Circassian maidens, to whom they are so often compared in eastern song. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 285–286:

Forms

Deriveds

Circassian chicken

Translations (24)

ka ჩერქეზეთის (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · ru черке́сский (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · tr Çerkes (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · sv tjerkessisk (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · it circassiano (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · ar شَرْكَسِيّ (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · ca circassià (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · tr Çerkez (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · hu cserkesz (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · he צֶ׳רְקֶסִי (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · be чэрке́скі (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · ka ჩერქეზული (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · fa چرکسی (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · ce чергазийн (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · de tscherkessisch (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · be чарке́скі (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · fi tšerkessiläinen (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · pl czerkieski (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · hy չերքեզական (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · kum чергес (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · uk черке́ський (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · fr tcherkesse (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · fr circassien (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians) · it circasso (of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians)

Circassian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səɹˈkæʃən/ (US)
• /səˈkæsi.ən/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English Circassia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Circassian From Circassia + -an.

Meanings

1. A native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.
2. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Circassienne (“kind of light cashmere”).
   alt of Circassienne

Forms

Synonyms

Cherkess · Cherkessian

Translations (41)

be чарке́шанка (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · uk черке́ска (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ka ჯიქი (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · cs čerkesové (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · be чэрке́шанка (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · hy չերքեզ (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · sva ქაშა̈გ (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ru черке́шенка (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · pl Czerkieska (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · uby адыга (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · sv tjerkess (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · de Tscherkessin (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · fi tšerkessi (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · kbd адыгэ (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · fa چرکس (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · fr Tcherkesse (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · fr Circassienne (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ce чергазо (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · uk черке́с (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ab азыхә (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · be чэрке́с (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · de Tscherkesse (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · pl Czerkies (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · sva მჷქშა̈გ (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ar شَرْكَسِيّ (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ota چركس (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · tr Çerkez (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · fr Circassien (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ka ჩერქეზი (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · hu cserkesz (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ady адыгэ (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · be чарке́с (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · he צֶ׳רְקֶסִי (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ru черке́с (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · cs čerkes (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · tr Çerkes (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · az çərkəz (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · el Τσερκέζος (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ar شَرْكَسِيَّة (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · kum чергес (native or inhabitant of Circassia) · ce чергази (native or inhabitant of Circassia)

Circassian en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /səɹˈkæʃən/ (US)
• /səˈkæsi.ən/ (UK)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English Circassia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Circassian From Circassia + -an.

Meanings

1. A North Caucasian language group spoken in Circassia in North West Caucasus Russia.
2. The Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh languages.

Deriveds

Proto-Circassian

Relateds

Adyghe · Kabardian · abk ⁠ · uby ⁠ · Abkhazian · ady ⁠ · Ubykh · kbd ⁠

Translations (20)

ar اللُّغَات الشَّرْكَسِيَّة (language group) · hy չերքեզերեն (language group) · ka ადიღური ენები (language group) · ru черке́сский (language group) · ce адыгийн меттанаш (language group) · ka ადიღური (language group) · fa زبانهای چرکسی (language group) · tr Çerkesçe (language group) · az çərkəz dilləri (language group) · hu cserkesz (language group) · ka ჩერქეზული ენები (language group) · ka ჩერქეზული (language group) · cs čerkezština (language group) · pl język czerkieski (language group) · ce чергазийн (language group) · he צֶ׳רְקֶסִית (language group) · ce чергазийн меттанаш (language group) · fi tšerkessi (language group) · tr Çerkezce (language group) · de Tscherkessisch (language group)

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