چركسستان

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

چركس (Çerkes) + ـستان (-istan)

Proper noun

چَركَسِستان • (Çerkesistan)

  1. Circassia

Descendants

  • Turkish: Çerkezistan
  • Armenian: Չէրքէզիստան (Čʻērkʻēzistan)

References

  • Abikean, Mihran (1888) “چركسستان”, in Erekʻlezuean əndarjak baṙaran tačkerēn hayerēn gaġġierēn [A Comprehensive Trilingual Ottoman–Armenian–French Dictionary], Constantinople: N. K. Pērpērean Press, page 330b
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