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Kabardian, n. and a.|kəˈbɑːdɪən|
Also Kabard, Kabardan, Kabardin(e), Kabardinian.
[f. Russ. Kabarda (place-name) + -ian.]
A. n.
a. A member of one of the peoples inhabiting the Kabardino-Balkarian Republic in the northern Caucasus, related ethnically to the Circassians, of Caucasian race but non-Indo-European in language.
b. The north-western Caucasian language of this people.
1824Encycl. Brit. III. 166/2 The most remarkable are the Kabardines,..the Kisti, the Ossetes. 1888Ibid. XXIII. 514/2 Kabards, Circassians, Osses, and Karapapakhs. 1931G. C. Wheeler tr. Nansen's Through Caucasus 43 The Kabardians live on the north side of the Caucasus along the Terek. 1956J. Lotz in Saporta & Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 10/1 In Kabardian, also of the Caucasus. 1960A. H. Kuipers Phoneme & Morpheme in Kabardian 8 The Kabardians differed from their Western relatives in that they formed a well-developed feudal ceremony. 1965D. Fidlon tr. Trunov's Trip N. Caucasus 11 ‘The place swarms with birds,’ the Kabardinian continued.
B. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Kabardians or their language.
1902[see Ingush]. 1940J. F. Baddeley Rugged Flanks Caucasus II. xxii. 220 This ceremonial observance is..a point of honour with the Kabardán nobility. 1950D. Jones Phoneme 222 The Kabardian language of the Caucasus. 1965D. Fidlon tr. Trunov's Trip N. Caucasus 14 She was a graceful Kabardinian girl with a healthy suntan. |