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Circassian

/səˈkæsi.ən/US/səɹˈkæʃən/

Circassian adjective: of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians. Also the alternative form of Circassienne.

Adjective

Circassian (comparative more Circassian, superlative most Circassian)

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

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

Proper noun

Circassian

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

Also used as

Circassian is also the alternative form of Circassienne.

Circassian meaning in Arabic and Persian

Circassian in Arabic

of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
شَرْكَسِيّ šarkasiyy
native or inhabitant of Circassia
شَرْكَسِيّ šarkasiyy, شَرْكَسِيَّة šarkasiyya
language group
اللُّغَات الشَّرْكَسِيَّة al-luḡāt aš-šarkasiyya

Circassian in Persian

of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians
چرکسی čarkasi
native or inhabitant of Circassia
چرکس čarkas
language group
زبانهای چرکسی zabân-hâ-ye čarkasi

Synonyms of Circassian

Forms of Circassian

Adjective
comparativemore Circassian
superlativemost Circassian
Noun
pluralCircassians

Origin of Circassian

From Circassia + -an.

Words formed from Circassian

Questions about Circassian

What does Circassian mean?
Circassian means of or pertaining to Circassia or Circassians.
What is Circassian in Arabic?
Circassian in Arabic is شَرْكَسِيّ (šarkasiyy), شَرْكَسِيَّة (šarkasiyya), اللُّغَات الشَّرْكَسِيَّة (al-luḡāt aš-šarkasiyya). See Circassian meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is Circassian?
Circassian can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Circassian?
Circassian is pronounced /səˈkæsi.ən/ (UK).

Words near Circassian in the dictionary

  1. circars
  2. Circas
  3. circasemidian
  4. circaseptan
  5. Circassia
  6. Circassian
  7. Circassian chicken
  8. Circassianness
  9. Circassians
  10. Circassic
  11. Circassienne

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