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nart¹

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From a North Caucasian source (see West Circassian нарт (nart) and Ossetian нарт (nart)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ("man, hero").

noun narts · Nard

  1. Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs).

Nart²

Where it comes from

From a North Caucasian source (see West Circassian нарт (nart) and Ossetian нарт (nart)), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr ("man, hero").

noun Narts · Nard

  1. Any of a race of giant heroes in the folklore of the peoples of the North Caucasus (notably the Circassians, Ossetians, Abkhazians, and Vainakhs). The Nart sagas are to the Caucasus what the Greek myths are to Western civilization.

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noun hero of North Caucasian folklore

Русскийнарт nart

noun hero of North Caucasian folklore

Русскийнарт nart

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@misc{nart_2026,
  title = {nart},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nart},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}