Qazaq
adj, noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative spelling of Kazakh. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
- 1 Alternative spelling of Kazakh. alt-of, alternative
"It was chiefly to protect the mining districts from the Qazaq nomads that a fortified frontier running in a semi-circle from Orenburg to Omsk and thence up the Irtysh, thus cutting off the Urals and the Altai from the steppe, came into existence."
Example
More examples"It was chiefly to protect the mining districts from the Qazaq nomads that a fortified frontier running in a semi-circle from Orenburg to Omsk and thence up the Irtysh, thus cutting off the Urals and the Altai from the steppe, came into existence."
Etymology
Originally an alternative transliteration of Russian каза́к (kazák), каза́х (kazáx); now from Kazakh qazaq (Latin spelling of қазақ).
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