индеец

From English Indian. Applied to inhabitants of the Americas due to an early misconception that the Americas were the eastern end of Asia / the Indies.^[1]

• IPA^(key): [ɪnʲˈdʲe(j)ɪt͡s]

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инде́ец • (indéjec) m anim (genitive инде́йца, nominative plural инде́йцы, genitive plural инде́йцев, female equivalent индиа́нка)

1. Indian, Native American

• инде́йский (indéjskij)
• индиа́нка (indiánka)

• → Uzbek: indeys

• инди́ец m (indíjec, “Indian (a man from India), Hindu”)
• индю́к m (indjúk, “turkey (bird)”), инде́йка f (indéjka), индю́шка f (indjúška) (colloquial)

Unadapted borrowing from Russian инде́ец (indéjec), from English Indian.

инде́ец • (indéyıts)

1. Indian, Native American
   • 1939, Dƶems Şul'ts, translated by K. Basьjrof, Indejs malajь Sinopa‎^[1], Qazan: Tatgosizdat, translation of Sinopah, the Indian Boy by James Willard Schultz, page 6:

     Tɵnnə, vigvamdaƣь ut syngəc, indejslər, jomşaq, çьlь tirelərgə tɵrenep, tatlь joqьƣa kitə torƣan ʙulƣannar.

     [Төннә, вигвамдагы ут сүнгәч, индеецлар, йомшак, җылы тиреләргә төренеп, татлы йокыга китә торган булганнар.]

     Tönnä, wigwamdağı ut süngäç, indeyetslar, yomşaq, cılı tirelärgä törenep, tatlı yoqığa kitä torğan bulğannar.

     [original: At night, when the fire died out, they lay in their warm beds of buffalo robes and slept just as well as you do in your warm home.]