Ottoman Turkish

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Etymology

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چركس (Çerkes) +‎ ـستان (-istan)

Proper noun

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چَركَسِستان (Çerkesistan)

  1. Circassia

Descendants

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  • Turkish: Çerkezistan
  • Armenian: Չէրքէզիստան (Čʻērkʻēzistan)

References

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  • Abikean, Mihran (1888) “چركسستان”, in Erekʻlezuean əndarjak baṙaran tačkerēn hayerēn gaġġierēn [A Comprehensive Trilingual Ottoman–Armenian–French Dictionary]‎[1], Constantinople: N. K. Pērpērean Press, page 330b