Adyghe

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Etymology

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Possibly from Digor Ossetian ностӕ (nostæ, daughter-in-law) or Arabic نساء (nisāʔ, women).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нысэ (nəsɛ)

  1. bride
  2. daughter-in-law
  3. sister-in-law

Declension

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Descendants

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(Taking Adyghe as representative of all Circassian)

References

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  • Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎[1] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, pages 287–288

Kabardian

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Etymology

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Possibly from Digor Ossetian ностӕ (nostæ) or Arabic نساء (nisāʔ, women).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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нысэ (nəsɛ)

  1. bride
  2. daughter-in-law
  3. sister-in-law

Declension

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Derived terms

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References

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  • Шагиров, А. К. (1977) К. В. Ломтатидзе, editor, Этимологический словарь адыгских (черкесских) языков [Etymological Dictionary of Adyghean (Circassian) Languages]‎[2] (in Russian), volume I, Moscow: Nauka, pages 287–288