Kistian
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English
Etymology
From Kist + -ian, from the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).
Proper noun
Kistian
- (obsolete) Synonym of Nakh, a language family.
- 1877, Abel Hovelacque &c., The Science of Language, p. 136:
- 1879, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. X, "Georgia", p. 434:
- The Tush or Mosok appears to be fundamentally a Kistian or Tchetchenz idiom affected by Georgian influences.
Noun
Kistian (plural Kistians)