English
Etymology 1
From Russian каза́х (kazáx). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈzak/, /kəˈzɑːk/, /ˈkazak/
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈzɑk/, /kəˈzæk/, /ˈkæzæk/
- Rhymes: -ɑːk
Noun
Kazakh (countable and uncountable, plural Kazakhs)
- (countable) A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
- Synonym: Kazakhstani
- (uncountable) The national language of Kazakhstan.
Translations
a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
- Afrikaans: Kazak, Kazach
- Albanian: kazah m, kazak m
- Arabic: قَزَاقِيّ m (qazāqiyy), قَزَاقِيَّة f (qazāqiyya), قَزَاق pl (qazāq)
- Armenian: ղազախ (ġazax)
- Asturian: kazaquistanín (ast) m, kazakstanín (ast) m, kazaku (ast) m, kazaquistanina (ast) f, kazakstanina (ast) f, kazaka (ast) f
- Azerbaijani: qazax
- Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq)
- Belarusian: каза́х m (kazáx), каза́шка f (kazáška)
- Bulgarian: каза́х (bg) m (kazáh)
- Catalan: kazakh (ca) m or f
- Chagatai: قزاق (qazāq /qazaq/)
- Chinese:
- Dungan: хазах (hazah)
- Mandarin: 哈薩克人 / 哈萨克人 (zh) (Hɑ̄sɑ̀kèrén)
- Czech: Kazach (cs) m, Kazaška (cs) f
- Danish: kasakher c
- Dutch: Kazak (nl) m
- Esperanto: kazaĥo
- Finnish: kazakki (fi)
- French: Kazakh (fr) m, Kazakhe (fr) f
- Georgian: ყაზახი (q̇azaxi)
- German: Kasache (de) m, Kasachin (de) f
- Greek: Καζάκος (el) m (Kazákos), Καζάκα (el) f (Kazáka)
- Hindi: कजाक (hi) m (kajāk), कज़ाक (kazāk)
- Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu)
- Irish: Casacach m
- Japanese: カザフ人 (kazafujin)
- Kabardian: казах (kbd) (kazax)
- Kalmyk: хасг (xasg)
- Kazakh:
- Cyrillic (since 1940): қазақ (kk) (qazaq)
- Eskı emle (before 1924): قزاق (qazāq /qazaq/)
- Jaña emle (since 1924): قازاق
- Latin (2021 and earlier proposals): qazaq
- Khakas: хазах (xazax)
- Kyrgyz: казак (ky) (kazak)
- Latvian: kazahs m, kazahiete f
- Lithuanian: kazachas (lt) m
- Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ (hasak)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: казах (mn) (kazax), хасаг (mn) (xasag) (traditionally, also used to refer to a Cossack)
- Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠰᠠᠭ (qasag), ᠺᠠᠽᠠᠭ (kazag)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kasakhstaner (no) m
- Nynorsk: kasakhstanar (nn) m
- Ottoman Turkish: قزاق (Kazak)
- Persian: قزاق (fa) (qazzâq), کزاخ (kazâx)
- Polish: Kazach (pl) m, Kazaszka (pl) f
- Portuguese: cazaque (pt)
- Romanian: kazah (ro) m, kazahă (ro) f
- Russian: каза́х (ru) m (kazáx), каза́шка (ru) f (kazáška) (since 1936); каза́к (ru) m (kazák), каза́чка (ru) f (kazáčka) (1925–1936); кирги́з (ru) m (kirgíz), кирги́зка (ru) f (kirgízka), киргѝз-кайса́к m (kirgìz-kajsák), киргѝз-кайса́чка f (kirgìz-kajsáčka) (1734– 1925)
- Southern Altai: казак (kazak)
- Spanish: kazajo (es) m
- Swahili: Mkazaki (sw)
- Swedish: kazak (sv) c (ethnicity)
- Tajik: қазоқ (tg) (qazoq)
- Tatar: казакъ (tt) (qazaq)
- Turkish: Kazak (tr)
- Turkmen: gazak
- Ukrainian: каза́х (uk) m (kazáx), каза́шка f (kazáška)
- Uyghur: قازاق (qazaq)
- Uzbek: qozoq (uz)
- Cyrillic: қозоқ (qozoq)
- Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠰᠠᡎ (xasag)
- Xibe: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡣ
ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (hasak niyalma)
- Yakut: казах (kazaq)
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language
- Afrikaans: Kazaks, Kazachs
- Arabic: قَزَاقِيَّة f (qazāqiyya)
- Armenian: ղազախերեն (hy) (ġazaxeren)
- Asturian: kazaquistanín (ast), kazakstanín (ast), kazaku (ast)
- Catalan: kazakh (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 哈薩克語 / 哈萨克语 (zh) (hāsàkèyǔ)
- Czech: kazaština (cs) f
- Danish: kasakhisk n
- Dutch: Kazachs (nl) n
- Esperanto: kazaĥo
- Finnish: kazakki (fi)
- French: kazakh (fr) m
- German: Kasachisch (de) n
- Greek: καζακικά (el) n pl (kazakiká)
- Hindi: कज़ाकी (hi) (kazākī)
- Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu)
- Irish: Casaicis f
- Italian: kazako (it) m
- Japanese: カザフ語 (ja) (kazafugo)
- Kabardian: казахыбзэ (kbd) (kazaxəbzɛ)
- Kazakh: қазақша (qazaqşa), қазақ тілі (qazaq tılı)
- Khmer: កាហ្សាក់ (kaazak)
- Korean: 카자흐어 (ko) (kajaheueo)
- Latvian: kazahu valoda f, kazahu
- Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ
ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (hasak gisun)
- Navajo: Kʼazah dineʼé bizaad
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kasakhisk (no) m
- Nynorsk: kasakhisk m
- Persian: قزاقی (qazâqi), کزاخی (kazâxi), زبان قزاقی (zabân-e qazâqi)
- Polish: kazachski (pl) m
- Portuguese: cazaque (pt) m
- Romanian: kazahă (ro) f
- Russian: каза́хский (ru) m (kazáxskij)
- Slovak: kazaština (sk) f
- Slovene: kazaščina f
- Swahili: Kikazaki
- Swedish: kazakiska (sv) c
- Tajik: қазоқӣ (tg) (qazoqi), забони қазоқӣ (zaboni qazoqi)
- Turkish: Kazakça (tr)
- Uyghur: قازاقچە (ug) (qazaqche)
- Uzbek: qozoqcha (uz), қозоқча (qozoqcha)
- Xibe: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡣ
ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (hasak gisun)
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Further reading
Adjective
Kazakh (comparative more Kazakh, superlative most Kazakh)
- 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.
Derived terms
Translations
pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
- Afrikaans: Kazaks, Kazachs
- Albanian: kazah, kazak
- Arabic: كَازَاخِيّ (kāzāḵiyy)
- Armenian: ղազախական (hy) (ġazaxakan)
- Asturian: kazaquistanín (ast), kazakstanín (ast), kazaku (ast)
- Azerbaijani: qazax
- Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq)
- Belarusian: каза́хскі (kazáxski), каза́скі (kazáski) (Taraškievica)
- Bengali: কাজাখ (bn) (kajakh)
- Bulgarian: каза́хски (kazáhski)
- Catalan: kazakh (ca)
- Chinese:
- Dungan: хазах (hazah)
- Mandarin: 哈薩克的 / 哈萨克的 (zh) (hāsàkè de)
- Czech: kazašský (cs)
- Danish: kasakhisk
- Dutch: Kazachs (nl)
- Esperanto: kazaĥa
- Estonian: kasahhi
- Finnish: kazakkilainen (fi)
- French: kazakh (fr)
- Georgian: ყაზახური (q̇azaxuri)
- German: kasachisch (de)
- Greek: καζακικός (kazakikós)
- Hindi: कज़ाख़ (kazāx)
- Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu)
- Irish: Casacach, Casaicise (language)
- Japanese: カザフの (kazafu no)
- Kabardian: казах (kbd) (kazax)
- Kazakh: қазақ (kk) (qazaq)
- Khmer: កាហ្សាក់ (kaazak)
- Korean: 카자흐의 (kajaheuui)
- Kyrgyz: казак (ky) (kazak)
- Latvian: kazahu, kazahisks
- Lithuanian: kazachų (lt), kazachiškas
- Macedonian: казашки (kazaški)
- Malay: Kazakh
- Mongolian: казах (mn) (kazax), хасаг (mn) (xasag)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: kasakhstansk
- Nynorsk: kasakhstansk (nn)
- Pashto: قزاقي
- Persian: قزاقی (qazâqi), کزاخی (kazâxi)
- Polish: kazachski (pl)
- Portuguese: cazaque (pt)
- Romanian: kazah (ro)
- Russian: каза́хский (ru) (kazáxskij)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: казашки
- Roman: kazaški (sh)
- Slovak: kazašský (sk)
- Slovene: kazaški
- Spanish: kazajo (es)
- Swedish: kazakisk (sv)
- Tajik: қазоқӣ (tg) (qazoqi)
- Tatar: казакъ (tt) (qazaq)
- Turkish: Kazak (tr)
- Turkmen: gazak
- Ukrainian: каза́хський (uk) (kazáxsʹkyj)
- Urdu: قازق (qāzaq)
- Uyghur: قازاق (qazaq)
- Uzbek: qozoq (uz)
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Etymology 2
From Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).
Proper noun
Kazakh
- 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