Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

chuvash

/t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
chu-vash
IPA
/t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia.

noun

Someone from, or pertaining to Chuvashia.

name

An agglutinative language of the Bolgar branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken west of the Ural mountains in central Russia. Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by about two million people.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чуваш (čuvaš), see there for more.

Inflected Forms

Phrases

chv ⁠ Wiktionary’s coverage of Chuvash terms

Frequently Paired Words

cv chv chv ⁠ Wiktionary’s coverage of Chuvash terms

Synonyms

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce chuvash?
The recorded pronunciation is /t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/.
What does chuvash mean?
From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia.
Where does chuvash come from?
Borrowed from Russian чуваш (čuvaš), see there for more.

How to pronounce chuvash

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