Kirghiz

See also: kirghiz

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian кирги́з (kirgíz).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːɡɪz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɪɹˈɡiːz/
  • Rhymes: (US) -iːz

Noun

Kirghiz (plural Kirghiz)

  1. Alternative form of Kyrgyz.

Proper noun

Kirghiz

  1. Alternative form of Kyrgyz.

Adjective

Kirghiz (not comparable)

  1. Alternative form of Kyrgyz.
    • 1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949‎[1], Garland Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, pages 102–103:
      In September of 1937, two regiments of Soviet Kirghiz troops and one regiment of Russian troops equipped with forty airplanes and twenty tanks entered Sinkiang from Atushe and attacked Pa-ch'u, dividing Ma Hu-shan's 36th Corps into two sections. In October one Kirghiz regiment entered P'i-shan, and Ma Hu-shan fled to India. Kirghiz and Russian forces were now in occupation of Hami and poised to strike at Ho-t'ien in the extreme south of Sinkiang.
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