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Kistian

Kistian proper noun: synonym of Nakh, a language family.

Proper noun

Kistian

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of Nakh, a language family.
    • The Kistian group comprises the Ingush or Lamur, Karabulak, Chechenze, Tush or Mosok... The various Kistian idioms are spoken altogether by about 140,000 individuals. Formerly the Circassians numbered about 500,000, but large numbers of them have in recent times migrated to European Turkey.1877, Abel Hovelacque &c., The Science of Language, p. 136
    • The Tush or Mosok appears to be fundamentally a Kistian or Tchetchenz idiom affected by Georgian influences.1879, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. X, "Georgia", p. 434
    Synonyms:
    Nakh

Noun

Kistian (plural Kistians)

  1. (uncommon) Synonym of Kist, a Caucasian people, particularly those resident in Georgia.
    Synonyms:
    Kist

Synonyms of Kistian

Forms of Kistian

pluralKistians

Origin of Kistian

From Kist + -ian, from the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).

Questions about Kistian

What does Kistian mean?
Kistian means synonym of Nakh, a language family.
What part of speech is Kistian?
Kistian can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Kistian in the dictionary

  1. kisted
  2. Kister
  3. Kisters
  4. kistful
  5. kistfuls
  6. Kistian
  7. Kistians
  8. kistibandi
  9. kisting
  10. Kistler
  11. Kistlers

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