Adzhar

noun

ˈä-ˌjär 

ə-ˈjär

plural Adzhar or Adzhars

1

a

: a Georgian people of the southern Caucasus region compare gurian , imeritian

b

: a member of such people

2

: the language of the Adzhar people

Word History

Etymology

probably borrowed from 19th-century Turkish Acar, borrowed from Georgian ač'ara "Adzharia" (a province of medieval Georgia)

First Known Use

1848, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

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