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Nakh

Nakh proper noun: a group of languages within Northeast Caucasian, spoken chiefly by the Chechens and Ingush in the North Caucasus within Southern Russia.

Proper noun

Nakh

  1. A group of languages within Northeast Caucasian, spoken chiefly by the Chechens and Ingush in the North Caucasus within Southern Russia.

Noun

Nakh pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) The speakers of these languages.

Origin of Nakh

An exonym of Nakh origin given by Russian ethnographers, derived from [script needed] (nakh, “people”). Compare Chechen нохчи (noxči). More at Nakh.

Words formed from Nakh

Questions about Nakh

What does Nakh mean?
Nakh means a group of languages within Northeast Caucasian, spoken chiefly by the Chechens and Ingush in the North Caucasus within Southern Russia.
What part of speech is Nakh?
Nakh can be a proper noun or a noun.

Words near Nakh in the dictionary

  1. nakers
  2. nakes
  3. nakey
  4. nakfa
  5. nakfas
  6. Nakh
  7. nakharar
  8. nakharars
  9. Nakhchawan
  10. Nakhchivan
  11. Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic

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