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Kumyk

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

a Turkic language spoken by the Kumyks in the Dagestan region of the Russian Federation.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A member of a Turkic-speaking ethnic group living predominantly in Dagestan.

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կումիկերեն (kumikeren) — Turkic language
  • Azerbaijani: qumuq dili — Turkic language
  • Azerbaijani: kumık dili — Turkic language
  • Catalan: kumyk — Turkic language
  • Chechen: гӏумкийн (ğumkiı̇n) — Turkic language
  • Chechen: гӏумкийн мотт (ğumkiı̇n mott) — Turkic language
  • Chechen: базаран мотт (bazaran mott) — Turkic language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 庫梅克語 /库梅克语 (Kùméikè yǔ) — Turkic language
  • Estonian: kumõki keel — Turkic language
  • Finnish: kumykki — Turkic language
  • Gagauz: kumık dili — Turkic language
  • Georgian: ყუმუხური (q̇umuxuri) — Turkic language
  • German: Kumykisch — Turkic language
  • Irish: Cúimicis — Turkic language
  • Japanese: クムク語 (Kumuku go) — Turkic language
  • Khakas: хумух тілі (xumux tìlì) — Turkic language
  • Korean: 쿠미크어 (kumikeueo) — Turkic language
  • Kumyk: къумукъ тил (qumuq til) — Turkic language
  • Kumyk: къумукъча (qumuqça) — Turkic language
  • Macedonian: кумички јазик (kumički jazik) — Turkic language
  • Ossetian: хъуымыхъхъ (qwymyqq) — Turkic language
  • Polish: kumycki — Turkic language
  • Russian: кумы́кский (kumýkskij) — Turkic language
  • Swedish: kumykiska — Turkic language
  • Turkish: Kumukça — Turkic language
  • Avar: лъарагӏ (lsaraʻ) — a Kumyk person
  • Avar: лъагӏидо (lsaʻido) — a Kumyk person
  • Azerbaijani: qumuq — a Kumyk person
  • Catalan: kumyk — a Kumyk person
  • Chechen: гӏумки (ğumki) — a Kumyk person
  • Chinese Mandarin: 庫梅克人 /库梅克人 (Kùméikè rén) — a Kumyk person
  • Dargwa: джандар (ǯandar) — a Kumyk person
  • Dargwa: диркьалан (dirq̇alan) — a Kumyk person
  • Dargwa: къумухълан (ɢumuqlan) — a Kumyk person
  • Gagauz: kumık — a Kumyk person
  • Japanese: クムク人 (Kumuku jin) — a Kumyk person
  • Korean: 쿠미크인 (kumikeu'in) — a Kumyk person
  • Kumyk: къумукъ (qumuq) — a Kumyk person
  • Lak: арнисса (arnis:a) — a Kumyk person
  • Lak: аннилса (annilsa) — a Kumyk person
  • Lak: гъумук (ğumuk) — a Kumyk person
  • Lezgi: къумукъ (q̄umuq̄) — a Kumyk person
  • Polish: Kumyk — a Kumyk person
  • Polish: Kumyczka — a Kumyk person
  • Russian: кумы́к (kumýk) — a Kumyk person
  • Russian: кумы́чка (kumýčka) — a Kumyk person
  • Swedish: kumyk — a Kumyk person
  • Swedish: kumykiska — a Kumyk person
  • Tsakhur: гумухбы (gumuꭓbɨ) — a Kumyk person
  • Turkish: Kumuk — a Kumyk person