Kazakh

See also: kazakh

English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈzak/, /kəˈzɑːk/, /ˈkazak/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈzɑk/, /kəˈzæk/, /ˈkæzæk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑːk

Noun

Kazakh (countable and uncountable, plural Kazakhs)

  1. (countable) A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
    Synonym: Kazakhstani
  2. (uncountable) The national language of Kazakhstan.
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Further reading

Adjective

Kazakh (comparative more Kazakh, superlative most Kazakh)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.
    Synonym: Kazakhstani
    • 2010, Michael Fergus, Vitaliy Krotov, “Other cities”, in Kazakhstan: The Business Traveller’s Handbook (Gorilla Guides: Travel Handbooks for the Business Jungle), Northampton, Mass.: Interlink Travel, →ISBN, chapter 9 (Other Major Cities), page 159:
      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.
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Translations

Etymology 2

From Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).

Proper noun

Kazakh

  1. Alternative form of Gazakh.

References

  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “казак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress