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nart

nart noun: any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).

Noun (1)

nart (plural narts)

  1. Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).

Noun (2) capitalized: Nart

Nart (plural Narts)

  1. Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).
    • The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what the Greek myths are to Western civilization.2002, John Colarusso, Nart Sagas from the Caucasus

Forms of nart

pluralnarts
alternative formNard
pluralNarts

Origin of nart

From a North Caucasian source (see West Circassian нарт (nart) and Ossetian нарт (nart)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ("man, hero").

Words formed from nart

Questions about nart

What does nart mean?
Nart means any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).
What part of speech is nart?
Nart is a noun.
What is the plural of nart?
The plural of nart is narts.

Words near nart in the dictionary

  1. Narsinghpur
  2. Narsingua
  3. NARSOL
  4. narsoplimab
  5. narsty
  6. nart
  7. Nart saga
  8. Narten
  9. Narten present
  10. Narten presents
  11. NARTH

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