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Lesghian, n. and a.|ˈlɛzgɪən|
Also Lesghi(e), Lesghien, Lesgian, Lezg(h)ian, Lezgin.
[ad. Russ. Lezgin.]
A. n. A member of a tribe of the north-eastern Caucasus; also (in earlier quots.), one of a mountain people of Daghestan. Also, the language of these people.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to these people. Also ˈLesg(h)ic a.
1854Max Müller Suggestions in Learning Lang. Seat of War in East 116 Lesghic Branch. Lesghistan, or the country of the Lesghi, also called Daghestan..lies between the rivers Koisu, Alazani, and the Caspian Sea. The Lesghi or Leski..may..be the same as the ‘Legae’ mentioned by Strabo. Ibid. 117 The Lesghians are Mahometans. 1875C. Heneage tr. M. von Thielmann's Journey Caucasus I. iv. 280 The name Lesghie, used by the Russians in a general sense, and especially applicable to the inhabitants of Southern Daghestan, does not convey to the latter either the idea of a population or even of a single tribe. 1878[see Finnic a.]. 1879Trans. Philol. Soc. 1877–79 602 Here..Lesghian must be struck out, since it denotes no particular tribe or people. 192119th Cent. May 871 The bon-bons of the new faith were cast indiscriminately among Circassians,..Lesghiens..and Negroes. 1939L. H. Gray Foundations of Lang. xii. 376 This alleged family has four sub-groups, characterised respectively by a sibilant.., a spirant plus a sibilant.., a spirant (e.g. in..Chechen, Avar, Lesghian..) and a spirant plus a sonant. 1959B. Geiger et al. Peoples & Lang. Caucasus 38 Lezgian..has the status of a literary language in the Dagestan ASSR. 1968Encycl. Brit. XIII. 1012/2 The Lezgian group of languages includes..the Agul, Tabasaran, Rutul, Tsakhur, Budukh and Dzhek languages. |
