Ab·khaz 
(ăb-kăz, äb-käz) also Ab·kha·zian (ăb-kāzhən, -zē-ən, -kä-, äb-)
(ăb-kăz, äb-käz) also Ab·kha·zian (ăb-kāzhən, -zē-ən, -kä-, äb-)n. pl. Abkhaz or Ab·khaz·es also Ab·kha·zians
1.
a. A native or inhabitant of Abkhazia.
b. A member of the predominant, traditionally Muslim or Orthodox Christian ethnic group of Abkhazia.
2. The Northwest Caucasian language of Abkhazia, also spoken in Georgia and Turkey.
[Russian.]
Ab·khazian adj.