Kabardiann.adj.
/kəˈbɑːdɪən/ 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.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun]
Circassian1555
Svan1601
Mingrelian1613
Abkhaz1686
Abaza1693
Lezgin1728
Ossetian1794
Abkhazian1799
Adyghe1799
Ainu1811
Chechen1814
Ossete1814
Kabardian1824
Tat1834
Laz1836
Caucasian1843
Svanetian1854
Ossetin1869
Gurian1876
Avar1881
Ingush1902
Megrelian1961
Megrel1967
1824 Encycl. Brit. III. 166/2 The most remarkable are the Kabardines,..the Kisti, the Ossetes.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 514/2 Kabards, Circassians, Osses, and Karapapakhs.
1931 G. C. Wheeler tr. F. Nansen Through Caucasus 43 The Kabardians live on the north side of the Caucasus along the Terek.
1960 A. H. Kuipers Phoneme & Morpheme in Kabardian 8 The Kabardians differed from their Western relatives in that they formed a well-developed feudal ceremony.
1965 D. Fidlon tr. D. I. Trunov Trip N. Caucasus 11 ‘The place swarms with birds,’ the Kabardinian continued.
b. The north-western Caucasian language of this people.
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the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > north Caucasian
Abaza1840
Adyghe1840
Circassian1842
Abkhazian1855
Abkhaz1875
Chechen1928
Ubykh1951
Ingush1954
Kabardian1956
1956 J. Lotz in S. Saporta & J. R. Bastian Psycholinguistics (1961) 10/1 In Kabardian, also of the Caucasus.
B. adj.
Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the Kabardians or their language.
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the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective]
Circassian1638
Alan1705
Lezgin1780
Abkhaz1788
Mingrelian1788
Ossetin1788
Abaza1823
Lezgi1828
Ainua1837
Adyghe1847
Ossetic1850
Ossetian1854
Svanetian1854
Abkhazian1856
Avarian1875
Ossete1884
Ossetan1892
Kabardian1902
Gurian1932
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 1/2 The Kabardian aristocracy, who were possessed of feudal rights over the Ossets, the Ingushes, the Abhazes, and the mountain Tatars.
1940 J. F. Baddeley Rugged Flanks Caucasus II. xxii. 220 This ceremonial observance is..a point of honour with the Kabardán nobility.
1950 D. Jones Phoneme 222 The Kabardian language of the Caucasus.
1965 D. Fidlon tr. D. I. Trunov Trip N. Caucasus 14 She was a graceful Kabardinian girl with a healthy suntan.
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n.adj.1824