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Kazakh

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English

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Etymology 1

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Kazakh edition of Wiktionary

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

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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Kazakh (countable and uncountable, plural Kazakhs)

  1. (countable) A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
  2. (uncountable) The national language of Kazakhstan.
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Adjective

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Kazakh (not comparable)

  1. Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.
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Etymology 2

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From Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).

Proper noun

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Kazakh

  1. Alternative form of Gazakh

References

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