Lezgi

English

Alternative forms

• Lezghi
• Lezgin, Lezghin

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Lesgi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛzɡi/

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Noun

Lezgi (plural Lezgis or Lezgi)

1. A member of an ethnic group living predominantly in southern Dagestan and northeastern Azerbaijan.

Translations

member of an ethnic group

• Abkhaz: алезгьы (alezgʲə)
• Armenian: լեզգի (hy) (lezgi)
• Azerbaijani: ləzgi (az)
• Chechen: лаьзги (läzgi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列兹金人 (Lièzījīn rén)

• Dutch: Lezgiër
• Galician: lezguio (gl)
• Georgian: ლეკი (leḳi)
• German: Lesgier m, Lesgierin f
• Hungarian: lezg
• Kazakh: лезгин (lezgin)
• Lezgi: лезги (lezgi)
• Persian: لزگی (lazgi), لگزی (lagzi), لکزی (lakzi), لکز (lakz)
• Polish: Lezgin m, Lezginka (pl) f
• Russian: лезги́н (ru) m (lezgín), лезги́нка (ru) f (lezgínka)
• Turkish: Lezgi (tr)

Proper noun

Lezgi

2. The Northeast Caucasian language spoken by the Lezgi people.

   Synonym: Kyurin

Synonyms

• Lezgian, Lezghian

Related terms

• Lezgic

Translations

language

• Armenian: լեզգիերեն (hy) (lezgieren)
• Azerbaijani: ləzgi (az)
• Chechen: лаьзгийн (läzgiı̇n), лаьзгийн мотт (läzgiı̇n mott)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列兹金語 (Lièzījīn yǔ)

• Czech: lezgičtina f
• Dutch: Lezgi (nl) n, Lezgisch (nl) n
• Finnish: lezgi (fi)
• Galician: lezguio (gl)
• Georgian: ლეზგიური (lezgiuri), ლეზგიური ენა (lezgiuri ena)
• German: Lesgisch (de) n, Lesgische Sprache (de) f
• Irish: Leisgis f
• Japanese: レズギ語 (ja) (レズギご, Redzugi-go)
• Lezgi: лезги чӏал (lezgi č̣al)
• Persian: لزگی (lazgi)
• Polish: język lezgiński m, język lezgijski m
• Russian: лезги́нский (ru) m (lezgínskij)
• Slovak: lezgičtina f
• Turkish: Lezgice (tr)

Adjective

Lezgi (comparative more Lezgi, superlative most Lezgi)

1. Of or pertaining to the Lezgi people or their culture or language.

Synonyms

• Lezgian, Lezghian

Translations

of or pertaining to the Lezgi people or their culture or language

• Chechen: лаьзгийн (läzgiı̇n)
• Galician: lezguio (gl)
• Georgian: ლეზგიური (lezgiuri), ლეზგების (lezgebis)
• German: lesgisch
• Polish: lezgiński (pl), lezgijski
• Russian: лезги́нский (ru) (lezgínskij)
• Turkish: Lezgice (tr)

See also

• Caucasian
• Lezgin

Further reading

• Ethnologue entry for Lezgi, lez ⁠

Anagrams

• Zelig