Lesghian
Americannoun
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Your Excellency," replied the poor Lesghian, "I am a tailor.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume 22. October, 1878. by Various
Meanwhile Shamyl had roused the Lesghian tribes farther east and begun his twenty years’ struggle for freedom, a struggle which called forth the sympathy and admiration of nearly the whole of Europe.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" by Various
In the war-dance the Lesghian, more particularly, is imperious in look as well as animated in action.
From Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia by John Milton Mackie
They are the only Lesghian tribe who possess a written language, for which they make use of the Arabic characters.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" by Various
According to Klaproth, Lesghian words have a considerable affinity with the other languages of the Caucasus, and with those of Western Asia, especially the dialects of the Samoyedes and Siberian Finns.
From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century by N. D'Anvers
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