Kazakh
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See also: kazakh
English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Russian каза́х (kazáx). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈzak/, /kəˈzɑːk/, /ˈkazak/
- (US) IPA(key): /kəˈzɑk/, /kəˈzæk/, /ˈkæzæk/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɑːk
Noun
[edit]Kazakh (countable and uncountable, plural Kazakhs)
- (countable) A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
- (uncountable) The national language of Kazakhstan.
Translations
[edit]a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
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a person from Kazakhstan — see Kazakhstani
language
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Further reading
[edit]- Wiktionary's coverage of Kazakh terms
- ISO 639-1 code kk, ISO 639-3 code kaz (SIL)
- Ethnologue entry for Kazakh, kaz
Adjective
[edit]Kazakh (not comparable)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.
Translations
[edit]pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
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pertaining to the Kazakhstan — see Kazakhstani
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Kazakh
- Alternative form of Gazakh
References
[edit]- Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “казак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
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