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Kumyk

Today it means: A member of a Turkic-speaking ethnic group living predominantly in Dagestan. Full definition →

Russian кумык ← kum къумукъ

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kum · derived fromкъумукъ
Russian · borrowed fromкумык
English todayKumyk

From Russian кумык (kumyk), from Kumyk къумукъ (qumuq).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.