Kazakhstani

English

Alternative forms

• Qazaqstani

Etymology

Etymology tree

English Kazakhstan

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)bor.

Hebrew ־י (-i)bor.

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas

Old Persian -𐎡𐎣 (-i-k)

Middle Persian -yk' (/⁠-īg⁠/)

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ.

Persian ـی (-ī)bor.

Proto-Indo-Iranian *i-

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Proto-Indo-Iranian *-kas

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-ikas

Sanskrit -इक (-ika)

Proto-Indo-Iranian *-iHyas

Sanskrit -ईय (-īya)

Prakrit -इय (-iya)

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Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)influ.

Arabic ـِيّ (-iyy)influ.

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Sanskrit -ई (-ī)influ.

Hindi -ई (-ī)bor.

Middle Persian 𐭩𐭧 (yḥ /⁠-īh⁠/)

Classical Persian ـِی (-ī)bor.

Urdu ـی (-ī)bor.

English -i

English Kazakhstani

From Kazakhstan + -i.

Adjective

Kazakhstani (comparative more Kazakhstani, superlative most Kazakhstani)

1. Of or pertaining to Kazakhstan, its people and culture.

   (pertaining to its people and culture): Synonym: Kazakh

   • 2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 11 July 2012:

     Unlike Ali G Indahouse, Baron Cohen’s failed attempt to bring his most famous character into an entirely fictional universe, Borat found the comic tension in placing his Kazakhstani buffoon in delicate social situations, like a rodeo where he supports the “War Of Terror” a bit too zealously.

Translations

of or pertaining to Kazakhstan

• Belarusian: казахста́нскі (kazaxstánski)
• Esperanto: kazaĥa
• Hindi: कज़ाख़स्तानी (kazāxstānī)
• Kazakh: қазақстандық (qazaqstandyq)
• Polish: kazachstański (pl)
• Russian: казахста́нский (ru) (kazaxstánskij)
• Swedish: kazakstansk (sv)
• Ukrainian: казахста́нський (kazaxstánsʹkyj)

of or pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language — see Kazakh

Noun

Kazakhstani (plural Kazakhstanis)

1. A native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan.

   (native of Kazakhstan): Synonym: Kazakh

Translations

person from Kazakhstan

• Esperanto: kazaĥo
• French: kazakhstanais
• Hindi: कजाक (hi) m (kajāk)
• Kazakh: қазақстандық (qazaqstandyq)
• Kyrgyz: казакстандык (ky) (kazakstandık)
• Macedonian: Казахстанец m (Kazahstanec), Казахстанка f (Kazahstanka)
• Polish: Kazachstańczyk (pl) m, Kazachstanka (pl) f
• Russian: казахста́нец (ru) m (kazaxstánec), казахста́нка (ru) f (kazaxstánka)
• Slovene: Kazahstanec m, Kazahstanka f
• Swedish: kazakstanier (sv) m (citizen), kazakstanska (sv) f (citizen)
• Ukrainian: казахста́нець m (kazaxstánecʹ), казахста́нка f (kazaxstánka)

person of Kazakh origin — see Kazakh

Basque

Proper noun

Kazakhstani

1. dative indefinite of Kazakhstan