Kabardian

[ kuh-bahr-dee-uhn ]

noun

1. a Circassian language of the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic.

Kabardian

/ kəˈbɑːdɪən /

noun

1. a member of a Circassian people of the North West Caucasus
2. the Eastern dialect of the Circassian language Compare Adygei

Example Sentences

"The Crimean Tatars... suffered more under Russian occupation, and so they feel closer to us," says Muaz, an ethnic Kabardian from Russia's North Caucasus who joined the battalion a year ago.

From Reuters

The alliance has recorded Shughni, from Tajikistan, which is spoken by a few families in Bay Ridge; Kabardian, from the northern Caucasus, which survives in a Circassian community in Wayne, New Jersey; and Amuzgo, from southwestern Mexico, still alive in Sunset Park, Corona, and Port Richmond—enclaves of immigrants from Oaxaca and Guerrero.

From The New Yorker

Our hospitable and obliging entertainer, the general, told us many particulars respecting the tribes of the Caucasus, and we saw at his table a great number of Kabardian chiefs whom the fair had brought to Georgief.

From Project Gutenberg

On inspecting the various groups more narrowly, I saw a Kabardian lying on the ground, with his cloak drawn over his face, while every one gazed on him with a respectful pity.

From Project Gutenberg

From that time a gradual change took place in the savage temper of the Kabardian; the idea that his daughter was no longer in the hated mountains, was balm to his wounds.

From Project Gutenberg