Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
🧑 A person from Abkhazia 🌍 From Abkhazia 🗣️ A language
Abkhazian

Abkhazian

1 9.0
Relating to Abkhazia, its people, or its language
  • adjective
  • /æbˈkɑːziən/
translation icon : abjasio
  • The Abkhazian government has implemented policies to preserve their unique heritage.

Examples

  • Russia's ability to support Ossetian and Abkhazian independence reflects, in some sense, its current financial independence from the United States and Europe.

    Academic text (2008)

  • The Abkhazian language is spoken by the people of Abkhazia.

  • Many Abkhazian artists showcase their traditional culture at local festivals.

Synonyms

Abkhaz
vsAbkhazian
8.9

Relating to the region of Abkhazia, its people, or their language

is identical in meaning but differs as a different adjective form

Compounds

Abkhazian language
9.9

A language spoken by the Abkhaz people in Abkhazia and parts of Russia and Turkey

Surface Forms

Abkhazian positive

Morphology

Abkhazian = Abkhaz (transparent) = Abkhaz + ian

Standard adjectival/demonymic formation from the ethnonym; meaning 'relating to Abkhazia' is directly signalled by '-ian'.

Etymology

Abkhazian as an adjective comes from the place name Abkhazia and simply means 'from Abkhazia' or 'related to the Abkhaz people or their language'. That is why we use Abkhazian to describe traditions, language, or culture from that region.