Abaza

English

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Abaza language

Pronunciation

(RP) IPA: /əˈbɑː.zə/
(GenAm) IPA: /əˈbɑ.zə/

Proper noun

Abaza

A Northwest Caucasian language spoken in the Russian autonomous republic of Karachay-Cherkessia, in the Caucasus Mountains, as well as in Turkey. [Mid 19^th century.]^[1]

Translations

language

Abaza:
Cyrillic: Абаза Бызшва

Roman: Abaza Byzšwa
Czech: abazština (cs) f
French: abaze (fr) m

Greenlandic: Abazasut (kl)
Khmer: អាប់បាស់ហ្សា (km) (appaahzaa)
Russian: абазинский (ru) (abazínskij) m
Slovak: abazština (sk) f
Turkish: Abazaca (tr)

Noun

English

A member of the race of humans living in northwest Caucasus. [Early 19^th century.]^[1]

Adjective

English

Of or relating to the Abazas people or their language. [Mid 19^th century.]^[1]

See also

Wiktionary's coverage of Abaza terms
Abaza language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Abaza language
Ethnologue entry for Abaza, abq

References

↑ ^1.0^1.1^1.2 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 2:

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Turkish

Proper noun

Abaza

A female given name

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