Karachai

noun

Ka·​ra·​chai

variants or less commonly Karatchai

¦karə¦chī

or Karachayevt

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

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