Circassian

English

Etymology

From Circassia +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /səˈkæsi.ən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /səɹˈkæʃən/

Adjective

Circassian (comparative more Circassian, superlative most Circassian)

1. Of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.
   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 285–286:

     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.

Translations

of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians

• Arabic: شَرْكَسِيّ m (šarkasiyy)
• Armenian: չերքեզական (hy) (čʻerkʻezakan)
• Finnish: tšerkessiläinen
• French: circassien (fr), tcherkesse (fr)
• Georgian: ჩერქეზული (čerkezuli), ჩერქეზეთის (čerkezetis)
• German: tscherkessisch (de)
• Hebrew: צֶ׳רְקֶסִי (cherkesi)
• Hungarian: cserkesz (hu)
• Kumyk: чергес (çerges)
• Persian: چرکسی (čarkasi)
• Russian: черке́сский (ru) (čerkésskij)
• Swedish: tjerkessisk
• Turkish: Çerkez (tr), Çerkes (tr)
• Ukrainian: черке́ський (čerkésʹkyj)

Noun

Circassian (plural Circassians)

1. A native or inhabitant of Circassia (historical) (nowadays shared by Adygea, Kabardino-Balkaria and Karachay-Cherkessia), including the Adyghes and Ubykhs.

   Synonyms: Cherkess, Cherkessian

2. Alternative form of Circassienne (“kind of light cashmere”)

Translations

native or inhabitant of Circassia

• Abkhaz: азыхә (azəxʷ)
• Adyghe: черкес (čerkes)
• Arabic: شَرْكَسِيّ m (šarkasiyy), شَرْكَسِيَّة f (šarkasiyya)
• Armenian: չերքեզ (hy) (čʻerkʻez)
• Azerbaijani: çərkəz (az)
• Czech: čerkes m, čerkesové m pl
• Finnish: tšerkessi (fi)
• French: Circassien (fr) m, Circassienne (fr) f, Tcherkesse (fr) m or f
• Georgian: ჩერქეზი (čerkezi), ჯიქი (ka) (ǯiki) (historical, dated)
• German: Tscherkesse (de) m, Tscherkessin (de) f
• Greek: Τσερκέζος (el) m (Tserkézos)
• Hebrew: צֶ׳רְקֶסִי m (cherkesi)
• Hungarian: cserkesz (hu)
• Kumyk: чергес (çerges)
• Ottoman Turkish: چركس (çerkes)
• Persian: چرکس (fa) (čarkas)
• Russian: черке́с (ru) m (čerkés), черке́шенка (ru) f (čerkéšenka)
• Svan: ქაშა̈გ (kašäg), მჷქშა̈გ (məkšäg)
• Swedish: tjerkess c
• Turkish: Çerkez (tr), Çerkes (tr)
• Ubykh: адыга (adəga)
• Ukrainian: черке́с m (čerkés), черке́ска f (čerkéska)

Proper noun

Circassian

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

Derived terms

• Proto-Circassian

 

Translations

language group

• Arabic: اللُّغَات الشَّرْكَسِيَّة f pl (al-luḡāt aš-šarkasiyya)
• Armenian: չերքեզերեն (hy) (čʻerkʻezeren)
• Azerbaijani: çərkəz dilləri pl
• Czech: čerkezština f
• Finnish: tšerkessi (fi)
• Georgian: ადიღური (adiɣuri), ადიღური ენები (adiɣuri enebi), ჩერქეზული (čerkezuli), ჩერქეზული ენები (čerkezuli enebi)
• German: Tscherkessisch n
• Hebrew: צֶ׳רְקֶסִית f (cherkesit)
• Hungarian: cserkesz (hu)
• Persian: زبان‌های چرکسی pl (zabân-hâ-ye čarkasi)
• Russian: черке́сский (ru) m (čerkésskij)
• Turkish: Çerkezce (tr), Çerkesçe (tr)

See also

• Adyghe, Kabardian, Ubykh, Abkhazian
• Adyghe language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia , Ubykh language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia , Kabardian language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia , Abkhaz language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Circassian, ady ⁠, Ethnologue entry for Circassian, kbd ⁠, Ethnologue entry for Circassian, abk ⁠, Ethnologue entry for Circassian, uby ⁠