Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kistian

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kis-tian
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Nakh, a language family.

Obsolete

noun

Synonym of Kist, a Caucasian people, particularly those resident in Georgia.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Kist + -ian, from the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).

Word Breakdown

Root: ქისტები
Suffix: Kist

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

Kistians (plural)

Synonyms

Nakh Kist

Questions

What does kistian mean?: Synonym of Nakh, a language family.
Where does kistian come from?: From Kist + -ian, from the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).

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