Welcome in Circassian is Къеблагъэ! (Qyeblaghe!) in Kabardian and Къеблагъ! (Qyeblagh!) in Adyghe. To welcome several guests at once, the word grows a small start: Фыкъеблагъэ! / Шъукъеблагъ!
Welcome in Kabardian and Adyghe
Lesson 29 of the Circassian app’s audio course starts with a knock at the door: Aslan has come to visit Madina, and the first thing she says is Къеблагъэ! The Kabardian dictionary in the app lists it under еблагъэ, “welcome”.
When several guests arrive at once, the course says, the same welcome grows a small start: Фыкъеблагъэ! in Kabardian and Шъукъеблагъ! in Adyghe.
Dear guest, please sit down
| English | Kabardian | Adyghe |
|---|---|---|
| dear guest | ХьэщIэ дахэ.Heshch'e dakhe. | ХьакIэ дахэ.Hak'e dakhe. |
| sit down | КъэтIысQet'ys | КъэтIысQet'ys |
| welcome! sit down | Къеблагъэ! КъэтIыс.Qyeblaghe! Qet'ys. | Къеблагъ! КъэтIыс.Qyeblagh! Qet'ys. |
| do you want tea? | Шей ухуей?Shyey ukhuyey? | Щай уфая?Shchay ufaya? |
| guest | хьэщIэh'eshch'e | хьакIэhak'e |
| host | бысымbysym | бысымbysym |
| come visit us | Ди деж хьэщIапIэ къакIуэ.Di dyezh heshch'ap'e qak'we. | Тадэжь къакIо.Tadezh qak'o. |
A Circassian host calls a guest ХьэщIэ дахэ. in Kabardian or ХьакIэ дахэ. in Adyghe. The course translates it “dear guest” and points out that the word used is “beautiful”: the Kabardian dictionary gives дахэ as “beautiful”. Next the host asks the guest to sit down, КъэтIыс, which is the same in both dialects, and offers tea.
The whole visit, in the course’s words
Here is the visit from lesson 29 in both dialects, in the voices of Madina (the host) and Aslan (the guest). Tap a line to hear it.
Kabardian · lesson 29 · a guest at the door
Adyghe · lesson 29 · a guest at the door
The guest’s answer is worth learning as one piece: thank you, and a compliment to the house. The post on Circassian hospitality tells more about how guests are received.
More Circassian phrases
Each page has both dialects with audio. The Circassian phrasebook puts them all on one page, and how to say it in Circassian has the most-searched words.
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Welcome in Circassian: questions
How do you say welcome in Circassian?
In Kabardian Къеблагъэ!, in Adyghe Къеблагъ!
How do you say welcome to several guests?
Фыкъеблагъэ! in Kabardian and Шъукъеблагъ! in Adyghe.
How do you say welcome in Adyghe?
Къеблагъ! A host often adds КъэтIыс, “sit down”.
How does a guest answer a welcome?
In the audio course the guest says Упсэу. Уи унэр дахэщ. in Kabardian and Опсэу. Уиунэр дахэ. in Adyghe: “thank you, your house is beautiful”.
What is guest in Circassian?
хьэщIэ in Kabardian and хьакIэ in Adyghe. A host calls a guest ХьэщIэ дахэ. / ХьакIэ дахэ, “dear guest”.
Sources
- Circassian App audio course (Beginner), Kabardian lessons 19 and 29; Adyghe lessons 19 and 29. Each lesson’s script was reviewed by a native speaker of its dialect before the course was made; the audio on this page is the app’s own.
- M.L. Apazhev, Dzh.N. Kokov, Kabardino-cherkessko-russky slovar (Kabardino-Cherkess–Russian Dictionary), Nalchik: Elbrus, 2008, the Kabardian dictionary built into the app’s Translate screen: еблагъэ (p. 96), дахэ (p. 84).
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