Kaitak, Kajtak, or Kaitag may refer to the following topics associated with a region in Dagestan, Russia:
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Kaitag State
The Kaitag Utsmiate was a multiethnic feudal political entity in North Caucasus. The first mentions of it start appearing in chronicles from the 5th century, and it was eliminated in 1820 during Russian conquest of the Caucasus. The state's territ ...
, a historic principality
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Kaytagsky District
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Kaytagsky District (russian: Кайта́гский райо́н; Dargwa: ; kum, Хайдакълы якъ, ''Xaydaqlı yaq'') is an administrativeLaw #16 and municipalLaw #6 district (raion), one of the forty-one in the Republic of ...
, the current administrative unit
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Kaitags
Kaitags (Kaitag: хайдакьан, , , ) are an ethnic group of the Dargins, but sometimes considered as a separate people. Their number are estimated to be over 25,000. They live mainly on the territory of the Kaytagsky district of Dagestan, pa ...
, an ethnic group
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Kaitak language
Kaitag (self des. ''Хайдакьан кув'' ; oth. des. ''Kaidak'', ''Karakaitak'', ''Karkaidak'', ''Qaidaqlan'') is a Northeast Caucasian language spoken in Dagestan, Russia. It has sometimes been considered a divergent dialect of Dargwa d ...
, of the Northeast Caucasian family
* Kaitag dialect, of the Turkic
Kumyk language
* Kaitag dialect, of the Indo-European
Judeo-Tat
Judeo-Tat or Juhuri (''cuhuri'', , ) is the traditional language of the Mountain Jews of the eastern Caucasus Mountains, especially Azerbaijan and Dagestan, now mainly spoken in Israel.
The language is a dialect of Persian which belongs to the s ...
language
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Kaitag textiles
Kaitag textiles are an unusual embroidered textile art form from the Kaytagsky District of southeast Dagestan, Russia, inhabited mainly by Dargins and Kumyks. Kaitag textiles are of simple construction, being laid and couched silk-floss embroid ...
, a form of embroidery
See also
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Kai Tak (disambiguation), several places in Hong Kong, including its former airport
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