| 释义 |
Nogay|nəˈgaɪ|
Also † Na-, Nogai.
a. A Turkic-speaking people inhabiting the north-western Caucasus region of the U.S.S.R.
b. The language of this people, a member of the Kipchak branch of Turkic languages. Also attrib. or as adj. So Noˈgaian a.
1652Nagaian [see Kirghiz n. and a.]. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 248/1 The Nogays are a Tartar or Turkish nation, dispersed over the steppes which extend between the lower course of the river Dnieper and Mount Caucasus. 1886[see Kazakh]. 1888[see Kirghiz n. and a.]. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet 568 The Arabic character has also been adopted for..Nogai Turkish, spoken by nearly 200,000 people to the north-west of the Caucasus and in the Crimea. 1958Everyman's Encycl. IX. 268/1 Nogay, Turkic-speaking people of N. Caucasus, who live in the Groznyy oblast and Circassian Autonomous Oblast. 1974Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 376/1 Nogay belongs to the northwestern, or Kipchak, division of the Turkic languages, along with such languages as Kazakh and Tatar. |