Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kumyk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kumyk
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of a Turkic-speaking ethnic group living predominantly in Dagestan.

name

a Turkic language spoken by the Kumyks in the Dagestan region of the Russian Federation.

Etymology

From Russian кумык (kumyk), from Kumyk къумукъ (qumuq).

Origin

Source language: Russian

Word Breakdown

Root: кумык, къумукъ

Inflected Forms

Kumyks (plural)

Questions

What does kumyk mean?: A member of a Turkic-speaking ethnic group living predominantly in Dagestan.
Where does kumyk come from?: It is traced to Russian.

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