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Lezginn.adj. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Russian. Etymons: French Lesgien, Lesguine; Russian lezgin. Etymology: In α. forms (i) < French Lesgien, noun (1728 in the passage translated in quot. 1728 at sense A. 1; < post-classical Latin Lesgi + French -ien -ian suffix); compare -ian suffix. In β. forms (ii) < French Lesguine, Lezghine, noun (1826 or earlier; < Russian lezgin (see below)); compare -ine suffix1. In γ. forms (iii) < Russian lezgin, noun (a1725 or earlier as ležgin) < lezg (see Lezgi n.) + -in , suffix forming nouns (compare Mordvin n., Ossetin n.). With use as noun compare earlier Lezgi n. A. n.the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun] 1728 J. A. Du Cerceau tr. J. T. Krusinski II. 177 The Lesgians [Fr. Lesgiens], who seiz'd Teflis the Capital. 1780 W. Tooke tr. J. G. Georgi II. 93 At the peace concluded in 1739 between Russia and the Porte, the Lesguians [Ger. Lesgier] were declared free. 1854 F. M. Müller 117 The Lesghians are Mahometans. 1863 R. G. Latham I. xxxiii. 340 At the dead of night a Lesgian let himself down by a rope. 1921 May 871 The bon-bons of the new faith were cast indiscriminately among Circassians,..Lesghiens..and Negroes. 2010 (National ed.) 17 Feb. a6/2 Dagestanis can tell ethnic jokes for hours, returning to beloved themes like..the bookish pusillanimity of the Lezgins, the slyness of Lakhs and so on. 2015 C. Apollonio tr. A. Ganieva i. v. 64 I'm a Lezgian myself, but I know the Azeris inside out. the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > north Caucasian > Dagestan languages 1780 W. Tooke tr. J. G. Georgi II. 108 These languages may be divided into six classes, the unmixed Tartarian, the Tscherkessian, the Lesguian [Ger. Lesgische], the Kistan, the Georgian, and the Ozetan. 1862 R. G. Latham xliv. 277 The suffixes -ne and -bi, the latter of which is found in Lesgian, is [sic] stated to be Georgian in origin. 1875 X. 152/1 Languages of the Mediterranean races. 1. Basque. 2. Caucasian languages. a. Lesghian, Avar, Kasikumuk. b. Circassian, Abkhasian. 1939 L. H. Gray xii. 376 This alleged family has four sub-groups, characterised respectively by a sibilant.., a spirant plus a sibilant.., a spirant (e.g. in..Chechen, Avar, Lesghian..) and a spirant plus a sonant. 1959 B. Geiger et al. 38 Lezgian..has the status of a literary language in the Dagestan ASSR. 2011 M. A. Reynolds in J. E. Cole 238/2 The collapse of Soviet Communism in 1991 resulted in..a decline in the number of qualified teachers of Lezgin. B. adj.the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [adjective] 1780 W. Tooke tr. J. G. Georgi II. 109 The Lesguian tongue [Ger. die Lesgische Sprache], which is spoken in the Leguistan, and several other places, has no fewer than six different dialects. 1787 17 May They shall put a stop to the hostilities of the Lesgian and other Tartars. 1850 J. von Hammer tr. Evliya Çelebi II. 52 We embarked with three hundred fusileers of the janissaries, and five rowing boys of my own, in ten Lezgian barks called Munkesileh. 1861 6 60 Passing to the mountaineers, the Tcherkess, Abkhasian, Suanetian, Ossetian, and Immerian, and after them the Tchetchen and Lesghian groups, claim our attention. 1904 L. Wiener tr. L. Tolstoy I. 473 The singers..imitated a Lezgian girl singing a Caucasian dancing-song. 1939 59 59 One of the minor Lezgin tribes of the northeastern Caucasus. 2011 47 694 Most Lezgian verbs have both synthetic and periphrastic negation structures. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). <  n.adj.1728 |
/ˈlɛzɡɪən/, U.S.