Kyrgyz

English

Alternative forms

• Kirghiz
• Kyrghyz

Etymology

Possibly from Kyrgyz кырк кыз (kırk kız, “forty girls”), a reference to the Epic of Manas unifying forty small tribes against the Chinese and the Muslim expansion; or possibly from Kyrgyz кырк ууз" (kırk uuz") (the forty tribes); or possibly from "кыргыс" (imperishable, inextinguishable, undying).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːɡɪz/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɹɡɪz/

Noun

Kyrgyz (plural Kyrgyz)

1. member of a Turkic people living primarily in Kyrgyzstan

Translations

member of a Turkic people

• Armenian: ղրղըզ (łrłəz), կիրգիզ (kirgiz)
• Bashkir: ҡырғыҙ (qïrğïð)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉爾吉斯人 (zh), 吉尔吉斯人 (zh) (Jí'ěrjísīrén)

• Czech: Kyrgyz m, Kyrgyzka f
• Dutch: Kirgiziër m, Kirgizische (nl) f
• Estonian: kirgiis (et)
• Finnish: kirgiisi (fi)
• French: Kirghize (fr) f, Kirghiz (fr) m
• Georgian: ყირგიზი (q̇irgizi)
• German: Kirgise (de) m, Kirgisin (de) f
• Gujarati: કિરગિઝ (gu) (kirgijh)
• Hindi: किरगिज़ (hi) (Kirgiz)
• Hungarian: kirgiz (hu)
• Irish: Cirgeasach m

• Japanese: キルギス人 (Kirugisu-jin)
• Khakas: хырғыс (xırğıs)
• Kyrgyz: кыргыз (ky) m (kırgız)
• Latvian: kirgīzs m, kirgīziete f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kirgiser m

  Nynorsk: kirgisar (nn) m

• Polish: Kirgiz (pl) m, Kirgizka (pl) f
• Portuguese: quirguiz (pt) m f
• Romanian: kirghiz (ro) m, kirghiză (ro) f
• Russian: кирги́з (ru) m (kirgíz), кирги́зка (ru) f (kirgízka), кыргы́з (ru) m (kyrgýz), кыргы́зка f (kyrgýzka) (preferred in Kyrgyzstan, seldom used in Russia)
• Spanish: kirguiso
• Swahili: Mkirigizi (sw)

Proper noun

Kyrgyz

1. The Western Turkic language of Kyrgyz people.

Translations

language

• Arabic: قِيرْغِيزِيَّة‎ f (qīrḡīziyya), قِيرْغِيزِيّ‎ m (qīrḡīziyy)
• Armenian: ղրղզերեն (łrłzeren)
• Azeri: Qırğız dili (az), Qırğızca
• Bashkir: ҡырғыҙ (qïrğïð), ҡырғыҙ теле (qïrğïð tele), ҡырғыҙса (qïrğïðsa)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉爾吉斯語, 吉尔吉斯语 (Jí'ěrjísīyǔ)

• Chuvash: Кăркăс чĕлхи (Kărkăs čĕlhi)
• Crimean Tatar: Qırğız tili
• Czech: kirgizština f
• Dutch: Kirgizisch (nl) n
• Finnish: kirgiisi (fi)
• French: kirghiz (fr) m
• German: Kirgisisch (de) m
• Gujarati: કિરગિઝ (gu) (kirgijh)
• Hindi: किरगिज़ (hi) (Kirgiz)
• Hungarian: kirgiz (hu)
• Irish: Cirgisis f
• Italian: kirghiso (it) m
• Japanese: キルギス語 (ja) (Kirugisu-go)

• Khakas: хырғыс тілі (xırğıs tílí)
• Korean: 키르기스어 (ko) (Kireugiseu-eo)
• Kyrgyz: кыргыз (ky) (kırgız), кыргыз тили (kırgız tili), кыргызча (ky) (kırgızça), قىرعىز تىلى‎ (قىرعىز تىلى), قىرعىزچا‎ (قىرعىزچا)
• Latvian: kirgīzu, kirgīzu valoda f
• Navajo: Kíígiz bizaad
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kirgisisk m

  Nynorsk: kirgisisk (nn) m

• Persian: زبان قرقیزی‎ (zabân-e qirqizi), قرقیزی‎ (qirqizi)
• Polish: kirgiski (pl) m
• Portuguese: quirguiz (pt) m
• Romanian: kirghiză (ro) f
• Russian: кирги́зский язы́к m (kirgízskij jazýk), кирги́зский (ru) m (kirgízskij), кыргызский (ru) m (kyrgyzskij) (язы́к)
• Slovak: kirgizština (sk)
• Spanish: kirguiso m
• Swahili: Kikirigizi
• Swedish: kirgiziska (sv), kirgisiska
• Tajik: Забони қирғизӣ (Zaboni qirġizī)
• Turkish: Kırgızca (tr)

Further reading

• ISO 639-1 code ky, ISO 639-3 code kir

Adjective

Kyrgyz (not comparable)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz people or the Kyrgyz language.

Translations

of, from, or pertaining to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz people or the Kyrgyz language

• Armenian: ղրղզական (łrłzakan), կիրգիզական (hy) (kirgizakan)
• Czech: kyrgyzský
• Dutch: Kirgizisch (nl)
• Finnish: kirgisialainen (fi)
• French: kirghize (fr) f, kirghiz (fr) m
• German: kirgisisch (de)
• Hungarian: kirgiz (hu)
• Khakas: хырғыс (xırğıs)
• Latvian: kirgīzu, kirgīzisks

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kirgisisk

  Nynorsk: kirgisisk (nn)

• Polish: kirgiski (pl) m
• Portuguese: quirguiz (pt)
• Romanian: kirghiz (ro)
• Russian: кирги́зский (ru) (kirgízskij)
• Spanish: kirguiso

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Czech

Noun

Kyrgyz m

1. Kyrgyz (person)

Related terms

• Kyrgyzstán