Avar

Meanings

Proper Noun

• A North Caucasian language spoken mainly in Avaria (Republic of Daghestan) as its official language, and in parts of Azerbaijan.
• The extinct language of the Eurasian Avars, probably belonging to the Oghur branch of the Turkic language family.

Noun

• A person belonging to this people of Caucasus, mainly of Daghestan, in which they are the predominant group.
• A member of a group of equestrian nomads who established an empire spanning considerable areas of Central and Eastern Europe from the late 6th to the early 9th century; also called Eurasian Avars or Pannonian Avars, to distinguish them from the Avars of the Caucasus.

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to the Avar language or people.
• Of or pertaining to the Eurasian Avar language or people.

Origin

• From Avar аварал