Khazar

English

Alternative forms

• Chazar, Chozar, Khozar

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Attested as Arabic خَزَر (ḵazar), Byzantine Greek Χάζαροι (Kházaroi), Hebrew כּוּזָרִים (Kuzarim), Latin Gazari and Cosar, Old Armenian խազիրք (xazirkʻ), Old East Slavic козаринъ (kozarinŭ), Persian خزر (xazar), Russian хаза́р (xazár), Tatar хәзәр (xäzär), Turkish Hazar, etc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈzɑː/
• IPA^(key): /kəˈzɑːɹ/
• Hyphenation: Kha‧zar

Noun

Khazar (plural Khazars)

1. A member of a semi-nomadic Turkic and predominantly Jewish tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).
2. (usually derogatory, offensive slang) a Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin

   Those dirty Khazars should be kicked out of Palestine.

Related terms

• Khazaria

Translations

member of a semi-nomadic Turkic tribe

• Arabic: خَزَر m (ḵazar)
• Armenian: խազար (hy) (xazar)

  Old Armenian: խազիրք pl (xazirkʻ)

• Azerbaijani: xəzər
• French: khazar m
• Georgian: ხაზარი (xazari)
• German: Chasar m, Chasarin f
• Greek: Χάζαρος (el) m (Cházaros)
• Hebrew: כּוּזָרִי m (kuzari)
• Hungarian: kazár
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• Italian: Cazaro m, Khazaro m
• Khakas: хазар (xazar)
• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: خزر (fa) (xazar)
• Russian: хаза́р (ru) m (xazár), хаза́рка f (xazárka)
• Spanish: jázaro m, jazar m
• Tatar: хәзәр (xäzär)
• Turkish: Hazar (tr)
• Ukrainian: хоза́р m (xozár)
• Yiddish: כּוזרי m (kuzri), כאַזאַר m (khazar)

Adjective

Khazar (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Khazars.

Synonyms

• Khazarian

Translations

of or relating to Khazars

• Armenian: խազարական (xazarakan)
• German: chasarisch
• Khakas: хазар (xazar)
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• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: хаза́рский (ru) (xazárskij)

Proper noun

Khazar

1. The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which a single word is attested, 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢.

Translations

language

• Armenian: խազարերեն (hy) (xazareren)
• German: Chasarisch n
• Khakas: хазар тілі (xazar tìlì)
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• Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: хаза́рский (ru) m (xazárskij) (язы́к)
• Turkish: Hazarca (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Khazar terms
• Khazar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Anagrams

• Zakhar, kharza