Tsez
Tsez proper noun: a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 15 thousand people in Dagestan, Russia.
Proper noun
Tsez
- A Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 15 thousand people in Dagestan, Russia.
- The name Tsez derives from the indigenous self-designation cez or cezi, while the alternative Dido is the Georgian designation. The traditional lands of the Tsez are more or less coterminous with the Tsunta district (cuntinskij rajon) in Daghestan, excluding the Bezhta division (bežtinskij...2013 December, Bernard Comrie, Maria Polinsky, “Tsez”, in University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Maryland, College Park, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2021, page 1
Noun
Tsez pl (plural only)
- A northeast Caucasian ethnic group that speak Tsez.
- The name Tsez derives from the indigenous self-designation cez or cezi, while the alternative Dido is the Georgian designation. The traditional lands of the Tsez are more or less coterminous with the Tsunta district (cuntinskij rajon) in Daghestan, excluding the Bezhta division (bežtinskij...2013 December, Bernard Comrie, Maria Polinsky, “Tsez”, in University of California, Santa Barbara; University of Maryland, College Park, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2021, page 1
Origin of Tsez
Borrowed from Tsez цез мец (cez mec).
Questions about Tsez
- What does Tsez mean?
- Tsez means a Northeast Caucasian language spoken by about 15 thousand people in Dagestan, Russia.
- What part of speech is Tsez?
- Tsez can be a proper noun or a noun.
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