Kumyk

noun

Ku·​myk

variants or less commonly Kumik

(ˈ)kü¦mik

or Kumuk

-¦mək

plural -s

1

a

: a Turkish people of the Caucasus

b

: a member of such people

2

: the Turkic language of the Kumyk people

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