Balkar

[bahl-kahr]

noun

plural

Balkars ,

plural

Balkar .

1. a member of a Sunni Muslim people living mainly in the Kabardino-Balkar Autonomous Republic in the Russian Federation, closely related to the Karachai.

2. the Turkic language spoken by the Balkars.

Example Sentences

One of those is 28-year-old Balkar, who returned in early 2023 after just one year in Toronto.

From BBC

Balkar now runs an embroidery business from a small room on one side of the expansive central courtyard in his typical Punjabi home.

From BBC

Balkar gets the bulk of his business through Instagram.

From BBC

Marwa Balkar, who does humanitarian work, is from California but has Circassian heritage.

From New York Times

“Is my five-letter, perfectly phonetic name too difficult for you,” Ms. Balkar recalled thinking.

From New York Times