Galcha
noun
a member of an Iranian people inhabiting the Pamirs.
Galchas
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pluralof Galcha.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The Galchas for the most part profess Sunnite Mahommedanism.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 4 "G" to "Gaskell, Elizabeth" by Various
Meyendorff also calls those of Zerafshan "Eastern Persians, Galchi, Galchas."
From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court
The population, about 35,000, consists chiefly of Moslem Tajiks, and the closely-related Galchas, and its chief town is Kala-i-khumb on the Panj, at an altitude of 4370 ft.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" by Various
