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Chechen

/ˈtʃɛ.tʃɛn/

Chechen noun: a member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.

Noun

Chechen (plural Chechens)

  1. A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
  2. (broadly) Synonym of Chechnyan: a resident of Chechnya.
    Synonyms:
    Chechnyan

Proper noun

Chechen

  1. The language of the Chechens, a member of the Nakh family.

Adjective

Chechen (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to the Chechen people.
  2. Of or relating to the Chechen language.
  3. (inexact) Synonym of Chechnyan: of or relating to Chechnya, a Russian.
    Synonyms:
    Chechnyan

Chechen meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Gujarati

Chechen in Hindi

A member of the Chechen people
चेचेन cecen
language
चेचेन cecen, चेचन cecan

Chechen in Marathi

A member of the Chechen people
चेचेन cecen
language
चेचेन cecen
of or relating to the Chechen people
चेचेन cecen

Chechen in Bengali

A member of the Chechen people
শীশানী śiśani
language
শীশানী śiśani
of or relating to the Chechen people
শীশানী śiśani

Chechen in Gujarati

language
ચેચેન cecen
More languagesFewer languages
Chechen in Arabic
شِيشَانِيّ šīšāniyy, شِيشَانِيَّة šīšāniyya, شِيشَان šīšān
Chechen in Persian
چچنی čečeni

Synonyms of Chechen

Forms of Chechen

pluralChechens

Origin of Chechen

From Russian чечен- (čečen-), the root in чече́нец (čečénec, “a Chechen man”) or чече́нский (čečénskij, “Chechen (adjective)”).

Words formed from Chechen

Phrases with Chechen

Questions about Chechen

What does Chechen mean?
Chechen means a member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
What is Chechen in Hindi?
Chechen in Hindi is चेचेन (cecen), चेचन (cecan). See Chechen meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Chechen?
Chechen can be a noun, a proper noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce Chechen?
Chechen is pronounced /ˈtʃɛ.tʃɛn/ (UK).
What is the plural of Chechen?
The plural of Chechen is Chechens.

Words near Chechen in the dictionary

  1. chechakos
  2. chechaquo
  3. chechaquos
  4. cheche
  5. Chechehet
  6. Chechen
  7. Chechen Autonomous Oblast
  8. Chechen Republic
  9. Chechen Republic of Ichkeria
  10. Chechen-Ingush ASSR
  11. Chechen-Ingush Autonomous Oblast

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Chechen (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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