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Meaning of Kistian | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

  1. Synonym of Nakh, a language family.
    obsolete
  2. Synonym of Kist, a Caucasian people, particularly those resident in Georgia.
    uncommon

Examples

“The Kistian group comprises the Ingush or Lamur, Karabulak, Chechenze, Tush or Mosok... The various Kistian idioms are spoken altogether by about 140,000 individuals. Formerly the Circassians numbered about 500,000, but large numbers of them have in recent times migrated to European Turkey.”
“The Tush or Mosok appears to be fundamentally a Kistian or Tchetchenz idiom affected by Georgian influences.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

Kistler Kistner kistrin kistvaen Kisumu kiswah

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