چركس

See also: چرکس

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• چركز (çerkez)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian черке́с (čerkés), a word of disputed origin.

Proper noun

چركس • (çerkes) (definite accusative چركسی (çerkesi), plural چركسلر (çerkesler))

1. Circassian, a native or inhabitant of Circassia, a region in North Caucasus

Derived terms

• چركس كوی (çerkes köy, “Çerkezköy, a district in Turkey”)
• چركسجه (çerkesce, “Circassian language”)
• چركسستان (çerkesistan, “Circassia”)
• چركسلك (çerkeslik, “dirt and squalor”)
• چركسی (çerkesi, “Circassian coat”)

Descendants

• Turkish: Çerkez, Çerkes
• → Armenian: չերքեզ (čʻerkʻez)

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Barbier de Meynard, Charles (1881) “چركس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, volume I, Paris: E. Leroux, page 583
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “Çerkez”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 938
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “چركس”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎^[1], Vienna: F. Beck, page 182a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “چركس”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2], Constantinople: Mihran, page 470
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “چركس”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 718