Karachai
noun
Ka·ra·chai
variants or less commonly Karatchai or Karachayevt
¦karə¦chī
ˌ⸗⸗ˈchäyəft
plural Karachai or Karachais
1
: a Turkic-speaking people of the Caucasus
2
: a member of the Karachai people
3
: the Turkic language of the Karachai people
Word History
Etymology
Karachai, Karatchai from Karachai, region on the northern slope of the western Caucasus mountains, U.S.S.R.; Karachayevt from Russian Karachayevtsi (plural) Karachai people, from Karachai