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Kumyk|ˈkuːmɪk|
Also 8 Coumyk; 20 Kumik, Kumuk.
[f. Kumyk name of a plateau in the Caucasus.]
a. A Turkish people from the Kumyk plateau; also, a member of this people.
b. Their language.
1788G. Ellis Mem. Map Countries between Black Sea & Caucasus 15 The Tartars are of three tribes, viz. 1. Terekemens, Turcomans, or Trukhmenians... 2. Coumyks. These live to the northward of the former, about the lower parts of the rivers Sundsha, Koisu, and Axai. 1902Encycl. Brit. XXX. 81/2 Having long been more civilized than the surrounding Caucasian mountaineers, the Kumyks have always enjoyed some respect among them. 1948D. Diringer Alphabet 568 Kumuk Turkish. 1970Encycl. Brit. V. 102/2 Feudal relations developed..in the northern Caucasus among the Kabardians and Kumyk. Ibid. XXII. 399/2 Kumyk is also spoken in the Dagestan A.S.S.R. |