Red is плъыжь in Kabardian and плъыжьы in Adyghe; white is хужь and фыжьы; black is фIыцIэ and шIуцIэ.
Here are the basic colors in Kabardian (East Circassian) and Adyghe (West Circassian), as the Circassian app teaches them in the “Colors” unit of its two courses. The two dialects say most colors differently, so each word has its own column.
Every word here is a word the app teaches, checked against a second source: the Kabardian–Russian dictionary (Apazhev and Kokov, 2008), the app’s Adyghe dictionary, the app’s audio course (its scripts were reviewed by a native speaker of each dialect) or the Kabardian and Adyghe Wikipedias. A word that could not be checked this way is not on the page.
The colors in Kabardian and Adyghe
Kabardian (East Circassian) is on the left, Adyghe (West Circassian) on the right. Tap the speaker button to hear a word: the audio is the app’s own, the same as in its lessons. The Latin line under each word is the app’s spelling.
| In English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| red | плъыжьpl'yzh' | плъыжьыplzhh'ə |
| white | хужьkhuzh' | фыжьыfəzhh'ə |
| black | фIыцIэf'yts'e | шIуцIэshIuts'e |
| yellow | гъуэжьghwezh' | гъожьыghozhh'ə |
| green | удзыфэudzyfe | уцышъоwtsəsho |
| blue | щIыхуshch'ykhu | – |
An empty cell means no second source confirmed the app’s word there; “Good to know” says why.
The words on this page are from the “Colors” unit (Section 1, Foundations) in the Circassian app’s Kabardian and Adyghe courses. The lessons teach them with audio and short quizzes, and bring back the ones you miss sooner.
In a sentence
These sentences are from the app’s audio course, with the course’s own translation. Its scripts were reviewed by a native speaker of each dialect.
This is white
Good to know
Blue, and an empty cell. The Adyghe course teaches шхъуантIэ for blue, but the Adyghe dictionary in the app glosses that word as green, and the Kabardian–Russian dictionary gives its Kabardian twin, щхъуантIэ, as both green and light blue (p. 599). So the Adyghe cell for blue stays empty here until a native speaker checks it.
The colors of the flag. The Circassian flag is green, with twelve gold stars and three crossed gold arrows. In the app, green is удзыфэ in Kabardian and уцышъо in Adyghe, and yellow is гъуэжь and гъожьы.
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Questions
How do you say red in Circassian?
Red is плъыжь in Kabardian and плъыжьы in Adyghe.
How do you say green in Kabardian and Adyghe?
Green is удзыфэ in Kabardian and уцышъо in Adyghe.
How do you say “This is white”?
Мыр хужьщ. in Kabardian and Мыр фыжьы. in Adyghe, as the app’s audio course says it.
What colors does the app teach?
The “Colors” unit teaches eight colors in each dialect. This page shows the ones a second source confirmed: red, white, black, yellow, green, and blue in Kabardian.
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Sources
- Circassian App lessons, Kabardian and Adyghe courses (October 2026), units: Colors.
- Circassian App audio course (Beginner), Kabardian lessons 27 and 28; Adyghe lessons 27 and 28. Each lesson’s script was reviewed by a native speaker of its dialect before the course was recorded; the translations are the course’s own.
- M.L. Apazhev, Dzh.N. Kokov, Kabardino-cherkessko-russky slovar (Kabardino-Cherkess–Russian Dictionary), Nalchik: Elbrus, 2008, the Kabardian dictionary in the app’s Translate screen: плъыжь (p. 359), хужь (p. 523), фIыцIэ (p. 474), гъуэжь (p. 81), удзыфэ (p. 450), щIыху (p. 632).
- Adyghe dictionary in the app’s Translate screen (3,499 entries, from dovlet.info): плъыжьы, фыжьы, шIуцIэ, гъожьы, уцышъо.
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