单词 | lezgi |
释义 | Lezgin.adj. A. n. 1. A member of a people of the north-eastern Caucasus, now mainly inhabiting the southern part of the Russian Republic of Dagestan and north-eastern Azerbaijan; a Lezgin. In early use more loosely: †a member of any of various peoples inhabiting the mountains of Dagestan (obsolete). ΚΠ 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. W. de Rubruquis in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 105 Beyond them,..there are certaine Saracens called Lesgi [L. Lesgi], who are in subiection vnto the Tartars. 1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vii. 404 The Tartars of Dagesthan, whom they call Lesgi [Fr. Lesgi]. 1827 V. L. Gutierrez tr. J. Van Halen Narr. Don Juan Van Halen's Imprisonment II. xii. 248 We beheld the head of a Lesghi, whom he had killed in fight on the other side of the Alazann during a sporting expedition, roll on the table. 1850 F. R. Chesney Exped. Surv. Euphrates & Tigris I. vii. 154 The villages in the mountains are well built, and they have been bravely defended against the Lezgí and other tribes. 1922 T. H. Weir in T. W. Arnold & R. A. Nicholson Vol. of Oriental Stud. 486 Being a Lesghi.., and a Sunni, and responsible for liberating Mir Wais, the prime-minister..falls into disgrace and his eyes are put out. 1979 Geogr. Jrnl. 145 137 He learned the legends of the highland tribes, Chechens,..Lesghi, and the feats of the great Shamyl. 2007 M. S. Gadjiev in P. L. Kohl et al. Selective Remembrances iii. 107 Y. A. Yaraliev himself is a Lezgi, and the chief supporters of this hoax were Lezgis. 2. The Caucasian language of this people; = Lezgin n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > north Caucasian > Dagestan languages Lezgin1780 Lezgi1861 Avarian1875 Avar1881 Udi1948 Tabassaran1951 Lak1954 1861 R. Ellis Armenian Origin of Etruscans 57 The compound evel-tlimal would mean literally, in Lesgi, ‘mother's child’. 1875 Ann. Reg. 1874 340 In Lesghi the finger-nail is maach. 1977 Ann. Rev. Anthropol. 6 292 The Dagestanian languages, with the exception of Lezgi, admit none but the very simplest clusters of consonant + w. 2010 F. Coene Caucasus iii. 63 In the past, Lezgi and Azerbaijani were the lingua francas, but they have been replaced by Russian. B. adj. Of, belonging, or relating to the Lezgis or their language; = Lezgin adj. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective] Circassian1638 Alan1705 Lezgin1780 Abkhaz1788 Mingrelian1788 Ossetin1788 Abaza1823 Lezgi1828 Ainua1837 Adyghe1847 Ossetic1850 Ossetian1854 Svanetian1854 Abkhazian1856 Avarian1875 Ossete1884 Ossetan1892 Kabardian1902 Gurian1932 1828 Gentleman's Mag. May 421/2 The country becoming a prey to the Lesghi mercenaries, the aristocracy tendered their submission to Russia. 1854 L. Wraxall tr. F. Wagner & F. Bodenstedt Schamyl viii. 100 There are several Russian deserters, who live quietly in Lesghi [Ger. lesghischen] or Circassian villages. 1895 Calcutta Rev. 100 43 The Czar..made treaties with the Lesgi mountaineers, who were bitter enemies to the Shiya Persians. 1926 N.Y. Herald Tribune 28 Mar. vi. 5/3 The [Oriental] types here represented include a dancing girl coming from a wild Lesghi tribe. 1988 National Geographic May 554/1 Scholars had been puzzled about the origin of this Lesghi star pattern, found in pile carpets throughout the Caucasus. 2007 M. S. Gadjiev in P. L. Kohl et al. Selective Remembrances iii. 114 The inaudible spirant f..appears later only in the contemporary languages of the Lezgi group of languages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1598 |
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