Nakh

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Nakh

Etymology

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

Derived words

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