Chuvash
noun
Chu·vash
ˈchüˌväsh,
chu̇ˈväsh
plural Chuvashes
-ə̇z
or Chuvash or Chuvashi chu̇ˈväshē
1
a
: a people related to Mordvin and Cheremis inhabiting the Chuvash Republic of eastern Russia
b
: a member of such people
2
: the Turkish dialect spoken by the Chuvash people
Word History
Etymology
Russian, from Chuvash Tšəvaš; akin to Turkish yavaş gentle, mild, docile
- reversing prism
- reversing switch
- reversing thermometer
- reversingly
- reversings
- reversion
- reversion duty
- reversion to type
- reversionable
- reversional
- reversionaries
- reversionary
- reversionary annuity
- reversioner
- reversioners
- reversionist
- reversionists
- reversions
- reversis
- reversive
- reverso
- reversos
- revert
- revert to
- revert to type