Galcha

noun

Gal·​cha

ˈgalchə,

ˈgȯl-

plural Galcha or Galchas

1

a

: an Iranian people constituting a division of the Tajik and living in the Pamirs and on the slopes of the Hindu Kush

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Galcha

Galchic

-chik

adjective

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