Kumykn.
/ˈkuːmɪk/ a. A Turkish people from the Kumyk plateau; also, a member of this people.
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Polovtsy1735
Kumyk1788
Polovtsians1798
Tekke1825
Karakalpak1832
Yomud1834
Yuruk1869
Kashgai1885
Saryk1885
Taranchi1885
1788 G. Ellis Mem. Map Countries between Black Sea & Caspian 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.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXX. 81/2 Having long been more civilized than the surrounding Caucasian mountaineers, the Kumyks have always enjoyed some respect among them.
1948 D. Diringer Alphabet 568 Kumuk Turkish.
b. Their language.
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Uzbek1616
Uighur1843
Yarkand1875
Nogai1886
Kyrgyz1908
Yakut1908
Taranchi1911
Kazakh1918
Tchambuli1935
Kumyk1970
1970 Encycl. Brit. V. 102/2 Feudal relations developed..in the northern Caucasus among the Kabardians and Kumyk.
1970 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 399/2 Kumyk is also spoken in the Dagestan A.S.S.R.
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