Karachai


[kar-uh-chahy] /ˌkær əˈtʃaɪ/

noun, plural Karachais (especially collectively) Karachai for 1.
1.
a member of a people living mainly in the Karachai-Cherkess Republic, closely related to the Balkar.
2.
the Turkic language of these people.

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