Kazakh

//kəˈzɑk// adj, name, noun

adj, name, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent. countable
  2. 2
    the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak wordnet
  3. 3
    The national language of Kazakhstan. uncountable
  4. 4
    a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan) wordnet
Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.

    "Over 70% of the city population is reckoned to be Kazakh or Uzbek and only 15% Russian. Being much more Kazakh than Russian certainly gives Shymkent a less disciplined feel about it, and this has its good sides to it and its bad sides."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of Gazakh. alt-of, alternative

Synonyms

All synonyms
kazakkazakkazak languagekazakh languagekazakhstankazakhstani

Example

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"My school has Uighur, Han, Kazakh, Hui, Mongol, Kirghiz, Xibo, Tajik, and Uzbek ethnicities, among others."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Russian каза́х (kazáx), from Kazakh қазақ (qazaq). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.

Etymology 2

From Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).

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