Chuvash

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian чуваш (čuvaš), see there for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃʊˈvɑːʃ/
• Rhymes: -ɑːʃ

Adjective

Chuvash (not comparable)

1. From, or pertaining to, Chuvashia

Translations

from, or pertaining to Chuvashia

• Armenian: չուվաշական (hy) (čʻuvašakan)
• Esperanto: ĉuvaŝa
• French: tchouvache (fr)
• Galician: chuvaxo (gl)
• German: tschuwaschisch (de)
• Hungarian: csuvas (hu)
• Italian: ciuvascio (it)
• Khakas: суваш (suvaş)
• Lithuanian: čiuvašiškas m
• Polish: czuwaski (pl) m
• Portuguese: tchuvache (pt), chuvache (pt)
• Romanian: ciuvaș (ro)
• Russian: чува́шский (ru) m (čuvášskij)
• Slovak: čuvašský
• Spanish: chuvasio (es)
• Turkish: Çuvaş (tr)

Noun

Chuvash (plural Chuvashes)

1. Someone from, or pertaining to Chuvashia

Translations

person

• Armenian: չուվաշ (čʻuvaš)
• Bashkir: Сыуаш (Sıwaş)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 楚瓦什人 (zh) (Chǔwǎshí rén)

• Chuvash: чӑваш (čăvaš)
• Erzya: ветькеть (veťkeť)
• Esperanto: ĉuvaŝa
• French: Tchouvache (fr) m or f
• Galician: chuvaxo (gl)
• German: Tschuwasche (de) m, Tschuwaschin (de) f
• Hungarian: csuvas (hu)
• Irish: Suvaiseach m
• Italian: ciuvascio (it) m
• Japanese: チュヴァシ人 (チュヴァシじん, Chuvashi jin)
• Khakas: суваш (suvaş)
• Latvian: čuvašs m, čuvašiete f
• Lithuanian: čiuvašas m, čiuvašė f
• Polish: Czuwasz (pl) m, Czuwaszka f
• Portuguese: tchuvache (pt), chuvache (pt)
• Romanian: ciuvaș (ro) m, ciuvașă (ro) f
• Russian: чува́ш (ru) m (čuváš), чува́шка (ru) f (čuváška)
• Slovak: Čuvaš m, Čuvaška f
• Spanish: chuvasio (es) m
• Tatar: Чуаш (Çuwaş)
• Turkish: Çuvaş (tr)
• Western Mari: суасламары (suaslamary)

Proper noun

Chuvash

1. An agglutinative language of the Bolgar branch of the Turkic language family and is spoken west of the Ural mountains in central Russia. Chuvash is the native language of the Chuvash people and an official language of Chuvashia. It is spoken by about two million people.

Translations

Chuvash language

• Armenian: չուվաշերեն (hy) (čʻuvašeren)
• Azerbaijani: çuvaş dili
• Bashkir: сыуаш теле (sıwaş tele)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 楚瓦什語 / 楚瓦什语 (zh) (Chǔwǎshí yǔ)

• Chuvash: чӑваш чӗлхи (čăvaš čĕlh̬i), чӑвашла (čăvašla)
• Crimean Tatar: çuvaş tili
• Esperanto: Ĉuvaŝa lingvo
• Estonian: tšuvaši keel
• Faroese: kjuvasj n
• Finnish: tšuvassi (fi)
• French: tchouvache (fr) m
• Galician: chuvaxo (gl) m
• German: tschuwaschische Sprache, Tschuwaschisch (de) n
• Hungarian: csuvas (hu)
• Irish: Suvaisis f
• Italian: ciuvascio (it)
• Japanese: チュヴァシ語 (チュヴァシご, Chuvashi go)
• Kazakh: шуаш тілі (şuaş tılı)
• Khakas: суваш тілі (suvaş tìlì)
• Kyrgyz: чуваш тили (cuvaş tili)
• Polish: język czuwaski m
• Portuguese: tchuvache (pt) m, chuvache (pt) m
• Romanian: ciuvașă (ro) f
• Russian: чувашский язык (čuvášskij jazýk) m, чува́шский (ru) m (čuvášskij)
• Spanish: chuvasio (es) m
• Tatar: çuaş tele
• Turkish: Çuvaşça (tr)
• Turkmen: çuwaş dili
• Uyghur: چۇۋاش تىلى (chuwash tili)
• Yakut: чуваш тыла (čuvaš tïla)

See also

• ISO 639-1 code cv, ISO 639-3 code chv (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Chuvash, chv ⁠
• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chuvash terms