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Word

chechen

Phoneticschechen

/ˈtʃɛtʃɪn/

Definitions

01relating to people or culture

B2

adj. relating to the people who come from Chechnya or their culture.

adj. pertaining to the Chechen ethnic group, their traditions, or their cultural identity.

“We enjoyed a traditional Chechen meal with meat and flatbread.”

“The documentary explores the resilience of Chechen culture through centuries of conflict and displacement in the North Caucasus.”

02a person

B2

n. a person who belongs to the Chechen ethnic group.

n. a member of the Nakh people native to the North Caucasus region.

“He is a Chechen who moved to Europe ten years ago.”

“The diaspora includes many Chechens who have established vibrant communities in various Middle Eastern and European nations.”

03the language

C1

n. the language spoken by the people of Chechnya.

n. a Northeast Caucasian language of the Nakh family, primarily spoken in the Chechen Republic.

“She is fluent in both Russian and Chechen.”

“Linguists study Chechen for its complex system of noun classes and its unique phonetic properties.”

Technical

Etymology

From Russian чечен- (čečen-), the root in чече́нец (čečénec, “a Chechen man”) or чече́нский (čečénskij, “Chechen (adjective)”).

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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