English Explanatory Dictionary

Ingush

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a Nakh people of the northeastern Caucasus, now mostly Sunni Muslim and resident in the Russian republic of Ingushetia.
  2. Synonym of Ingushetian: a resident of Ingushetia.
name
  1. The language of the Ingush, a member of the Nakh family.
adj
  1. Of or related to the Ingush people.
  2. Of or related to the Ingush language.
  3. Synonym of Ingushetian: of or related to Ingushetia, a Russian republic in the northeastern Caucasus.

Word forms

Ingush Ingushes more Ingush most Ingush

Etymology

From Russian Ингуши (Inguši), from Ангушт (Angušt), a former important settlement of the people.

Synonyms

Ingushetian

Related words

Ingush Autonomous Oblast

Derived words

Checheno-Ingush

Translations

Armenian: ինգուշական Catalan: ingúix French: ingouche Georgian: ინგუშური Georgian: ინგუშეთის German: inguschisch German: inguschetisch Ossetian: мӕхъӕлон Portuguese: inguche Romanian: inguș Russian: ингу́шский Slovak: ingušský Spanish: inguestio Turkish: İnguş
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