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The Chuvash people ((チュヴァシ語:чăваш); (ロシア語:чуваши)) are a Turkic ethnic group, native to an area stretching from the Volga Region to Siberia. Most of them live in Republic of Chuvashia and surrounding areas, although Chuvash communities may be found throughout the Russian Federation. == Etymology == There is no universally accepted etymology of the word ''Chuvash'', but there are three main theories that try to explain it: ; ''Suvar'': According to one theory, ''Chuvash'' is a Shaz-Turkic adaptation of Lir-Turkic ''Suvar'', an ethnonym of people that are widely considered to be the ancestors of modern Chuvashes. Compare Lir-Turkic (チュヴァシ語:''huran'') to Shaz-Turkic (タタール語:''qazan'') (‘cauldron’). ; ''Jăvaš'': Another theory suggests that the word ''Chuvash'' may be derived from Common Turkic ''jăvaš'' (‘friendly’, ‘peaceful’), as opposed to ''şarmăs'' (‘warlike’). ; The ''Tabghach'': An early medieval Xianbei clan and founders of the Northern Wei dynasty in China. The Old Turkic name ''Tabghach'' (''Tuoba'' in Mandarin) was used by some Inner Asian peoples to refer to China long after this dynasty. Gerard Clauson has shown that through regular sound changes, the clan name Tabghach may have transformed to the ethnonym Chuvash.〔Gerard Clauson, ''Studies in Turkic and Mongolic Linguistics''. Routledge, 2002, p. 23.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Chuvash people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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