казах

Bulgarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkazɐx]
• IPA^(key): [kɐˈzax]

Verb

ка́зах or каза́х • (kázah or kazáh)

1. first-person singular aorist indicative of ка́жа (káža)

Russian

Alternative forms

• каза́къ (kazák) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)
• каза́хъ (kazáx) — Pre-reform orthography (1918)

Etymology

From Kazakh қазақ (qazaq), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰸 (*qazǧaq, “profiteer”), from 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰣𐰢𐰸 (qazǧanmaq, “to acquire”), from 𐰴𐰔𐰢𐰸 (qazmaq, “to dig out”), from Proto-Turkic *kaŕ-. Doublet of каза́к (kazák, “Cossack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈzax]

Noun

каза́х • (kazáx) m anim (genitive каза́ха, nominative plural каза́хи, genitive plural каза́хов, feminine каза́шка, relational adjective каза́хский)

1. Kazakh (person)

   Synonym: (obsolete) каза́к (kazák)

Declension

Declension of каза́х (anim masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular	plural
nominative	каза́х kazáx	каза́хи kazáxi
genitive	каза́ха kazáxa	каза́хов kazáxov
dative	каза́ху kazáxu	каза́хам kazáxam
accusative	каза́ха kazáxa	каза́хов kazáxov
instrumental	каза́хом kazáxom	каза́хами kazáxami
prepositional	каза́хе kazáxe	каза́хах kazáxax

Related terms

• Казахста́н (Kazaxstán)
• каза́шка (kazáška)
• каза́хский (kazáxskij)

Descendants

• → Buryat: казах (kazax)
• → Kalmyk: казах (kazax)
• → Mongolian: ᠻᠠᠽᠠᠭ (kazag) / ᠺᠠᠽᠠᠭ (kazag) / казах (kazax)
• → Tuvan: казах (kazax)
• → Yakut: казах (kazaq), казаах (kazaaq)

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Verb

казах (Latin spelling kazah)

1. first-person singular aorist past of казати

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɐˈzax]

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Noun

каза́х • (kazáx) m pers (genitive каза́ха, nominative plural каза́хи, genitive plural каза́хів, feminine каза́шка)

1. male Kazakh person

   він каза́х ― vin kazáx ― he is Kazakh

Declension

Declension of каза́х (pers velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular	plural
nominative	каза́х kazáx	каза́хи kazáxy
genitive	каза́ха kazáxa	каза́хів kazáxiv
dative	каза́хові, каза́ху kazáxovi, kazáxu	каза́хам kazáxam
accusative	каза́ха kazáxa	каза́хів kazáxiv
instrumental	каза́хом kazáxom	каза́хами kazáxamy
locative	каза́хові, каза́ху kazáxovi, kazáxu	каза́хах kazáxax
vocative	каза́ху kazáxu	каза́хи kazáxy

Related terms

• Казахста́н (Kazaxstán)
• каза́шка (kazáška)
• каза́хський (kazáxsʹkyj)

Further reading

• “каза́х”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “каза́х”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “каза́х”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “Казахста́н”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• Rudnyc'kyj, Ja. (1962–1982) “Каза́хста́н”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language, Winnipeg, Ottawa: Ukrainian Free Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Mohylo-Mazepian Academy of Sciences; Ukrainian Language Association, →LCCN
• Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “каза́х”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina

Yakut

Alternative forms

• казаах (kazaaq)

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian каза́х (kazáx).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.zaːq/

Noun

казах • (kazaq)

1. Kazakh (person)
   1. (attributive) Kazakh

      казах дьахтара ― kazaq jaqtara ― a Kazakh woman

      казах тыла ― kazaq tıla ― the Kazakh language