Other Northeast Caucasian peoples, especially Aghuls, Tsakhurs, Tabasarans, Udis, and Rutuls
Lezgins (Lezgian: Лезгияр[7]IPA: lezgijar) are a Northeast Caucasian ethnic group native predominantly to southern Dagestan, a republic of Russia, and northeastern Azerbaijan, and speak the Lezgin language. Their social structure is firmly based on equality and deference to individuality. Lezgin society is structured around djamaat (Lezgian: жамаат- unions of clans) and has traditionally been egalitarian and organised around many autonomous local clans, called syhils (сихилар).
The land of the Lezgins has been subject to multiple invaders throughout history. Its isolated terrain and the strategic value outsiders have placed on the areas settled by Lezgins has contributed much to the Lezgin community ethos and helped shape its national character. Due to constant attacks from the invaders, the Lezgins have developed a national code of honor and conduct, Lezgiwal, passed down from generation to generation by parents and society. It implies moral and ethical behaviour, generosity and the will to safeguard the honor of women.
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^The State Statistical Committee of the Republic of Azerbaijan. Population by ethnic groups Archived 2012-01-03 at the Wayback Machine
^Koter, Marek; Heffner, Krystian; Sobczyński, Marek (2003). The Role of Ethnic Minorities in Border Regions: Forms of their composition, problems of development and political rights. University of Lódź, Department of Political Geography and Regional Studies. ISBN 9788371261749. Retrieved 18 December 2014. Although the Lezgin are Sunni Muslims, there is a strong Shiite minority.
^Friedrich, Paul (1994). Encyclopedia of World Cultures: Russia and Eurasia, China. G.K. Hall. p. 243. ISBN 978-0816118106. Given the strong Azerbaijani influence on them, however, there is a sizable Shiite minority among the Lezgins
^Cole, Jeffrey E. (2016). Ethnic Groups of Europe: An Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia. ABC-CLIO. p. 237. ISBN 978-1598843033. The Lezgins are Muslims; the great majority are Sunni of the Shafi'i rite, with small numbers of Lezgins living near or inside Azerbaijan being Shiite.
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204,400 Lezgins in Daghestan and 171,395 Lezgins in Azerbaijan. Both figures reflected a relative, almost identical decline (5 percent) in Lezgin numbers...
which would be a national entity uniting the Lezgins of Dagestan and Azerbaijan. LezginsLezgin language Lezgins in Azerbaijan Caucasian Albania Haspelmath...
living in some northern regions of Azerbaijan. For most Lezgins, the mother tongue is Lezgin, and minorities have Azerbaijani and Russian as the mother...
Lezgin, also called Lezgi /ˈlɛzɡiːn/, is a Northeast Caucasian language. It is spoken by the Lezgins, who live in southern Dagestan (Russia); northern...
Look up Lezgian, Lezgin, Lezgi, or Lek in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Lezgin, Lezgi, Lezgian, Lezghian or Lek can refer to: Lezgins, a people from...
The Lezgin language has been written in several different alphabets over the course of its history. These alphabets have been based on three scripts: Arabic...
autonomous region within Azerbaijan. Lezgins and Avars live in northern Azerbaijan. The policy towards Lezgins and Avars was similar as towards the Talyshis...
Academy of Science, Scientific Centre of Dagestan, Makhachkala, 1993] Lezgins "Победа, вызов, страсть, кинжал, осел и демоническая сила". Lezgian dance...
officially the number of Lezgins registered as such in Azerbaijan is around 180,000 the Lezgins claim that the number of Lezgins registered in Azerbaijan...
Caucasian languages such as Georgian, and, to a lesser extent, Avar and Lezgin; Afro-Asiatic languages like Assyrian (List of loanwords in Assyrian Neo-Aramaic)...
ethnicities represented in the State Council are Avars, Dargins, Kumyks, Lezgins, Laks, Azerbaijanis, Tabasarans, Russians, Chechens, Nogais, Aguls, Rutuls...
Peoples - Azerbaijan : Lezgins". refworld.org. Minority Rights Group International. March 2018. Retrieved 28 May 2023. In general, Lezgins enjoyed better rights...
following the final campaigns in the Northern Caucasus against then revolting Lezgins. Nader became increasingly cruel as a result of his illness and his desire...
Albanian-Udi Church, Eastern Orthodox Christianity Related ethnic groups Other Northeast Caucasian-speaking peoples Especially Aghuls, Lezgins, and Tabasarans...
Federal Lezgian National and Cultural Autonomy (Russian: Федеральная лезгинская национально-культурная автономия, romanized: Federalnaya lezginskaya n...
Caucasus (termed Northeast Caucasian, most notably including Chechen, Avar and Lezgin; and Northwest Caucasian, most notably including Adyghe). Maltese is the...
languages, including their native languages of either Adyghe, Chechen, or Lezgin, as well as Mesopotamian Arabic, Kurdish, or Turkmen. The native languages...
Keghart. Retrieved 11 October 2022. "Lezgin Leader Assassinated in Dagestan". Jamestown. Retrieved 14 June 2023. "Lezgins in Azerbaijan". Minority Rights Group...
population according to the 2009 population census: 91.6% Azerbaijanis, 2.0% Lezgins, 1.4% Armenians (almost all Armenians live in the break-away region of...
Born in Leningrad, Soviet Union (now Saint Petersburg, Russia), he was of Lezgin descent. As an amateur, Dadashev was the 2008 Youth World Championships...
Аллахвердиев; born 8 December 1982) is a Russian former professional boxer of Lezgin descent who competed from 2007 to 2015. He held the WBA (Regular) and IBO...
Shaki; the Georgians of Kakhetia and Hereti (Ingiloy); and the Laks, the Lezgins and the Tsakhurs of Daghestan. According to Armenian medieval historians...
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