Abkhaziann.adj.

Brit.

/abˈkɑːzɪən/, U.S.

/ɑbˈkɑziən/

Forms:

α. 1700s Avchasian.

β. 1800s– Abchasian, 1800s– Abchassian, 1800s– Abkhasian, 1800s– Abkhassian, 1800s– Abkhazian.

Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Abkhazia , Avchasia , -an suffix.

Etymology: < Abkhazia, †Avchasia, the name of a region in the Southern Caucasus, now an autonomous republic of Georgia ( < Russian Avxazija (1799 or earlier), now chiefly Abxazija ) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Abkhaz adj. and later Abkhaz n., and also the Russian forms cited at Abkhaz n. and adj.With sense A. 1 compare the following earlier quots., which show a synonymous, but etymologically distinct noun ( < post-classical Latin Abasgia (7th cent.) or Byzantine Greek Ἀβασγία + -an suffix):a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 11 The Abasgians also (inhabiting Mount Caucasus) did worship, even till Procopius his time, groves and woods.1683 First Bk. Eccl. Hist. Evagrius Scholasticus iv. xxii, in Hist. Church 486/2 The Emperour Justinian sent one of the Eunuchs belonging to his Court, by descent an Abasgian, his name Euphrata, amongst the Abasgians. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) also gives the pronunciation as (æ̆bkēⁱ·ʃⁱăn; also -ʒən) /æbˈkeɪʃ(ɪ)ən/; also /-ʒən/.

A. n.

1. A member of a Caucasian people inhabiting Abkhazia.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun]

Circassian1555

Svan1601

Mingrelian1613

Abkhaz1686

Abaza1693

Lezgin1728

Ossetian1794

Abkhazian1799

Adyghe1799

Ainu1811

Chechen1814

Ossete1814

Kabardian1824

Tat1834

Laz1836

Caucasian1843

Svanetian1854

Ossetin1869

Gurian1876

Avar1881

Ingush1902

Megrelian1961

Megrel1967

1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. 89 The Tscherkassians, or races collaterally related to them, as, for example, the Zichians and Avchasians, gradually took possession of the southern regions adjacent to the Kuban.

a1823 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XV. 609/1 The whole of the north-eastern coast from the mouths of the Kúbán to the Sokhúm, the boundary of Mingrelia, is occupied by the Abkhasians.

1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 176/1 A few Abkhazians, Armenians, and Jews.

1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 433/1 Uslar's ‘Caucasian Family’ comprises the following three great divisions: 1. Western Group. Typical races: Tcherkessians and Abkhasians.

1945 tr. J. Stalin Marxism & National Question vi. 60 What is to be done with the Mingrelians, the Abkhasians, the Adjarians, the Svanetians, the Lesghians, and so on, who speak different languages but do not possess a literature of their own?

1992 Times 10 Oct. 11/1 The Abkhazians, Ossetians and Mengrelians..are boycotting the vote.

2. The north-western Caucasian language of this people.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > north Caucasian

Abaza1840

Adyghe1840

Circassian1842

Abkhazian1855

Abkhaz1875

Chechen1928

Ubykh1951

Ingush1954

Kabardian1956

1855 J. E. Taylor tr. A. von Haxthausen Tribes of Caucasus ii. 15 The Abkhasian is said to be a primitive language, its connection with any others being quite unknown.

1875 Amer. Cycl. X. 152/1 Languages of the Mediterranean races. 1. Basque. 2. Caucasian languages. a. Lesghian, Avar, Kasikumuk. b. Circassian, Abkhasian.

1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 760/1 While the Abkhasian of group 1 is still at the agglutinating, the Lesghian of group 2 has fairly reached the inflecting stage.

1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World i. 21 In the Western branch [of the Caucasian language family] there is Abkhazian, spoken by about 80,000 people in the Abkhazian A.S.S.R.

2007 BBC Monitoring Internat. Rep. (Nexis) 17 July The new channel, Kishmaria said, will air in three languages: Russian, Abkhazian, and Megrelian.

B. adj.

Of, belonging to, or relating to, Abkhazia or its inhabitants.

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

1856 Times 13 May 11/1 They were some of the best troops Omar Pasha commanded, and in this respect very different to his Abkhasian Contingent.

1867 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 504 Of the early history of the Abkhasian race little is known.

1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 258/2 Petty expeditions against the Circassian and Abkhasian tribes.

1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 266 The Black Sea coastal region was investigated by the Abkhazian archaeological expedition.

1959 E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. iv. xx. 265 The constitutional anomaly of the region was the Abkhazian republic occupying a small coastal strip on the Black Sea.

1994 Independent on Sunday 17 July 18/4 The sort of blood-and-soil nationalism which insists that true Abkhazian identity is nurtured in villages.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	abkhazian
释义	Abkhaziann.adj. Brit. /abˈkɑːzɪən/, U.S. /ɑbˈkɑziən/ Forms: α. 1700s Avchasian. β. 1800s– Abchasian, 1800s– Abchassian, 1800s– Abkhasian, 1800s– Abkhassian, 1800s– Abkhazian. Origin: From proper names, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Abkhazia , Avchasia , -an suffix. Etymology: < Abkhazia, †Avchasia, the name of a region in the Southern Caucasus, now an autonomous republic of Georgia ( < Russian Avxazija (1799 or earlier), now chiefly Abxazija ) + -an suffix. Compare earlier Abkhaz adj. and later Abkhaz n., and also the Russian forms cited at Abkhaz n. and adj.With sense A. 1 compare the following earlier quots., which show a synonymous, but etymologically distinct noun ( < post-classical Latin Abasgia (7th cent.) or Byzantine Greek Ἀβασγία + -an suffix):a1652 I. Jones Most Notable Antiq. called Stone-Heng (1655) 11 The Abasgians also (inhabiting Mount Caucasus) did worship, even till Procopius his time, groves and woods.1683 First Bk. Eccl. Hist. Evagrius Scholasticus iv. xxii, in Hist. Church 486/2 The Emperour Justinian sent one of the Eunuchs belonging to his Court, by descent an Abasgian, his name Euphrata, amongst the Abasgians. O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) also gives the pronunciation as (æ̆bkēⁱ·ʃⁱăn; also -ʒən) /æbˈkeɪʃ(ɪ)ən/; also /-ʒən/. A. n. 1. A member of a Caucasian people inhabiting Abkhazia. ΘΚΠ the world > people > ethnicities > peoples of the Caucasus > [noun] Circassian1555 Svan1601 Mingrelian1613 Abkhaz1686 Abaza1693 Lezgin1728 Ossetian1794 Abkhazian1799 Adyghe1799 Ainu1811 Chechen1814 Ossete1814 Kabardian1824 Tat1834 Laz1836 Caucasian1843 Svanetian1854 Ossetin1869 Gurian1876 Avar1881 Ingush1902 Megrelian1961 Megrel1967 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. 89 The Tscherkassians, or races collaterally related to them, as, for example, the Zichians and Avchasians, gradually took possession of the southern regions adjacent to the Kuban. a1823 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XV. 609/1 The whole of the north-eastern coast from the mouths of the Kúbán to the Sokhúm, the boundary of Mingrelia, is occupied by the Abkhasians. 1838 Penny Cycl. XI. 176/1 A few Abkhazians, Armenians, and Jews. 1879 Encycl. Brit. X. 433/1 Uslar's ‘Caucasian Family’ comprises the following three great divisions: 1. Western Group. Typical races: Tcherkessians and Abkhasians. 1945 tr. J. Stalin Marxism & National Question vi. 60 What is to be done with the Mingrelians, the Abkhasians, the Adjarians, the Svanetians, the Lesghians, and so on, who speak different languages but do not possess a literature of their own? 1992 Times 10 Oct. 11/1 The Abkhazians, Ossetians and Mengrelians..are boycotting the vote. 2. The north-western Caucasian language of this people. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > languages of the world > Caucasian > [noun] > north Caucasian Abaza1840 Adyghe1840 Circassian1842 Abkhazian1855 Abkhaz1875 Chechen1928 Ubykh1951 Ingush1954 Kabardian1956 1855 J. E. Taylor tr. A. von Haxthausen Tribes of Caucasus ii. 15 The Abkhasian is said to be a primitive language, its connection with any others being quite unknown. 1875 Amer. Cycl. X. 152/1 Languages of the Mediterranean races. 1. Basque. 2. Caucasian languages. a. Lesghian, Avar, Kasikumuk. b. Circassian, Abkhasian. 1910 Encycl. Brit. XI. 760/1 While the Abkhasian of group 1 is still at the agglutinating, the Lesghian of group 2 has fairly reached the inflecting stage. 1975 K. Katzner Langs. of World i. 21 In the Western branch [of the Caucasian language family] there is Abkhazian, spoken by about 80,000 people in the Abkhazian A.S.S.R. 2007 BBC Monitoring Internat. Rep. (Nexis) 17 July The new channel, Kishmaria said, will air in three languages: Russian, Abkhazian, and Megrelian. B. adj. Of, belonging to, or relating to, Abkhazia or its inhabitants. 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 1856 Times 13 May 11/1 They were some of the best troops Omar Pasha commanded, and in this respect very different to his Abkhasian Contingent. 1867 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 504 Of the early history of the Abkhasian race little is known. 1876 Encycl. Brit. V. 258/2 Petty expeditions against the Circassian and Abkhasian tribes. 1936 Amer. Anthropologist 38 266 The Black Sea coastal region was investigated by the Abkhazian archaeological expedition. 1959 E. H. Carr Socialism in One Country II. iv. xx. 265 The constitutional anomaly of the region was the Abkhazian republic occupying a small coastal strip on the Black Sea. 1994 Independent on Sunday 17 July 18/4 The sort of blood-and-soil nationalism which insists that true Abkhazian identity is nurtured in villages. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.adj.1799
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