Chechen

See also: Chèchen

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Chechens

Wikipedia

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Chechnya

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Russian чечен- (čečen-), the root in чече́нец (čečénec, “a Chechen man”) or чече́нский (čečénskij, “Chechen (adjective)”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtʃɛ.tʃɛn/, /ˈtʃɛ.tʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʃɛn, -ɛtʃən

Noun

Chechen (plural Chechens)

1. A member of a Nakh people of the northern Caucasus and resident in the Russian republic of Chechnya.
2. (loosely) Synonym of Chechnyan: a resident of Chechnya.

Derived terms

• Chechen Republic
• Chechen Republic of Ichkeria

Translations

A member of the Chechen people

Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can Arabic: شِيشَانِيّ m (šīšāniyy), شِيشَانِيَّة f (šīšāniyya) Armenian: չեչեն (čʻečʻen) Avar: please add this translation if you can Azerbaijani: çeçen Bats: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: чачэ́нец m (čačénjec), чачэ́нка f (čačénka), чэчэ́нец m (čečénjec), чэчэ́нка f (čečénka) Bengali: শীশানী (śiśani) Bulgarian: чече́нец m (čečénec), чече́нка f (čečénka) Catalan: txetxè (ca) m, txetxena (ca) f Chechen: нохчи (noxči), нохчо pl (noxčo) Chinese: Mandarin: 車臣人 / 车臣人 (chēchénrén) Czech: Čečenec m, Čečenka f Danish: tjetjener c Dutch: Tsjetsjeen m, Tsjetsjeense f Esperanto: ĉeĉeno Estonian: tšetšeeni keel Finnish: tšetšeeni (fi) French: Tchétchène (fr) m or f Georgian: ჩეჩენი (čečeni) German: Tschetschene (de) m, Tschetschenin (de) f Hindi: चेचेन (hi) (cecen) Hungarian: csecsen (hu) Ingush: нохчий (noxčii) Irish: Seisniach m Italian: ceceno (it) m, cecena f Japanese: チェチェン人 (ja) (チェチェンじん, chechenjin) Kazakh: шешен (şeşen) Korean: 체첸인 (chechenin) Laz: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: Чеченец m (Čečenec), Чеченка f (Čečenka) Marathi: चेचेन (cecen) Mingrelian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: tsjetsjener (no) m Nynorsk: tsjetsjenar m Ossetian: please add this translation if you can Ottoman Turkish: چچن (çeçen) Polish: Czeczen (pl) m, Czeczenka (pl) f Portuguese: checheno (pt) m, tchetcheno m Romanian: cecen m, cecenă f Russian: чече́нец (ru) m (čečénec), чече́нка (ru) f (čečénka) Spanish: checheno (es) m Swedish: tjetjen (sv) c, tjetjener (sv) c pl Tajik: чечен (čečen) Tatar: чечен (çeçen) Turkish: Çeçen (tr) Ukrainian: чече́нець m (čečénecʹ), чече́нка f (čečénka) Uzbek: chechen (uz) Yiddish: טשעטשניער m (tshetshnyer), טשעטשניערין f (tshetshnyerin)

Proper noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Chechen language

Wikipedia

Chechen

1. The language of the Chechens, a member of the Nakh family.

Translations

language

Abkhaz: Чачан Бышәа (Čačan Bəŝʷa) Arabic: شِيشَان m (šīšān) Armenian: չեչեներեն (hy) (čʻečʻeneren) Azerbaijani: çeçen dili, çeçencə Bengali: শীশানী (śiśani) Breton: Tchetcheneg Catalan: txetxè (ca) m Chechen: нохчийн мотт (noxčiı̇n mott), нохчийн (noxčiı̇n) Chinese: Mandarin: 車臣語 / 车臣语 (Chēchén yǔ) Czech: čečenština f Danish: tjetjensk Dutch: Tsjetsjeens (nl) n Finnish: tšetšeeni (fi) Flemish: Tsjetsjeens (nl) French: tchétchène (fr) m Galician: checheno (gl) Georgian: ჩაჩნური ენა (čačnuri ena), ჩეჩნური (čečnuri) German: Tschetschenisch (de) n Greek: τσετσενικά (el) n pl (tsetseniká) Gujarati: ચેચેન (gu) (cecen) Hebrew: צ׳צ׳נית f (chechenít) Hindi: चेचेन (hi) (cecen), चेचन (cecan) Hungarian: csecsen (hu) Icelandic: téténska (is), tsjétsjénska Ingush: нохчий мотт (noxčiı̇ mott) Irish: Seisnis f Italian: ceceno (it) m Japanese: チェチェン語 (ja) (Chechen-go) Kazakh: шешен тілі (şeşen tılı) Korean: 체첸어 (ko) (Chechen-eo) Latvian: Čečenu valoda Marathi: चेचेन f (cecen) Moksha: чеченонь (čečenoń) Norwegian: Bokmål: tsjetsjensk m Nynorsk: tsjetsjensk m Ossetian: цӕцӕйнаг ӕвзаг (cæcæjnag ævzag) Persian: چچنی (čečeni) Polish: czeczeński (pl) m Portuguese: checheno (pt) m, tchetcheno m Romanian: cecenă f, limba cecenă f Russian: чече́нский (ru) m (čečénskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: чеченски m, чеченски језик m Roman: čečenski (sh) m, čečenski jezik m Slovak: čečenčina Spanish: checheno (es) m Swedish: tjetjenska (sv) c Turkish: Çeçence (tr) Ukrainian: чече́нська (uk) f (čečénsʹka) Walloon: Tchetchene

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Chechen terms

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ce, ISO 639-3 code che (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Chechen, che ⁠

Adjective

Chechen (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Chechen people.
2. Of or relating to the Chechen language.
3. (inexact) Synonym of Chechnyan: of or relating to Chechnya, a Russian.

Derived terms

• Checheno-Ingush

Translations

of or relating to the Chechen people

Armenian: չեչենական (hy) (čʻečʻenakan) Azerbaijani: çeçen Bengali: শীশানী (śiśani) Bulgarian: чече́нски (čečénski) Catalan: txetxè (ca) Chechen: нохчийн (noxčiı̇n) Czech: čečenský (cs) m Danish: tjetjensk Dutch: Tsjetsjeens (nl) Esperanto: ĉeĉena (eo) Finnish: tšetšenialainen (fi) Georgian: ჩეჩნური (čečnuri), ჩეჩნეთის (čečnetis) German: tschetschenisch (de) Irish: Seisniach Kazakh: шешен (şeşen) Marathi: चेचेन (cecen) Norwegian: Bokmål: tsjetsjensk Nynorsk: tsjetsjensk Polish: czeczeński (pl) m Portuguese: checheno (pt), tchetcheno Romanian: cecen Russian: чече́нский (ru) (čečénskij) Slovak: čečenský (sk) m Spanish: checheno (es) Swedish: tjetjensk (sv) Ukrainian: чече́нський (čečénsʹkyj) West Frisian: Tsjetsjeensk

Japanese

Romanization

Chechen

1. Rōmaji transcription of チェチェン