Kyrgyz

English

Alternative forms

• Kirghiz, Kyrghyz

Etymology

Possibly from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Kyrgyz кырк ууз (kırk uuz, “forty tribes”); or possibly from кыргыс (kırgıs, “imperishable, inextinguishable, undying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɜː(ɹ)ɡɪz/, /ˈkɪə(ɹ)ɡɪz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɪɹɡɪz/

Noun

Kyrgyz (plural Kyrgyz)

1. member of a Turkic people living primarily in Kyrgyzstan

Translations

member of a Turkic people

• Albanian: kirgiz m
• Arabic: قِيرْغِيزِيّ‎ m (qīrḡīziyy), قِيرْغِيزِيَّة f (qīrḡīziyya)
• Armenian: ղրղըզ (ġrġəz), կիրգիզ (kirgiz)
• Azerbaijani: qırğız (az)
• Bashkir: ҡырғыҙ (qırğıź)
• Belarusian: кiргі́з m (kirhíz), кiргі́зка f (kirhízka)
• Bengali: কিরগিজ (kirgij)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉爾吉斯人／吉尔吉斯人 (zh) (jí'ěrjísīrén), 吉尔吉斯人 (zh) (Jí'ěrjísī rén)

• Czech: Kyrgyz (cs) m, Kyrgyzka f
• Danish: kirgiser c
• Dutch: Kirgiziër m, Kirgizische (nl) f
• Estonian: kirgiis
• 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), क़िरग़िज़ (hi) (qirġiz)
• Hungarian: kirgiz (hu)
• Irish: Cirgeasach m
• Japanese: キルギス人 (Kirugisu-jin)
• Kazakh: қырғыз (qyrğyz)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Khakas: хырғыс (xırğıs)
• Korean: 키르기스 사람 (kireugiseu saram)
• Kyrgyz: кыргыз (ky) m (kırgız)
• Latvian: kirgīzs m, kirgīziete f
• Mongolian: киргиз хүн (kirgiz xün), хиргис хүн (xirgis xün)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kirgiser m

  Nynorsk: kirgisar (nn) m

• Persian: قرقیز (fa) (qerqiz)
• Polish: Kirgiz (pl) m, Kirgizka (pl) f
• Portuguese: quirguiz (pt) m or 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)
• Tajik: қирғиз (qirġiz)
• Tatar: кыргыз (tt) (qırgız)
• Turkish: Kırgız (tr)
• Turkmen: gyrgyz
• Ukrainian: кирги́з m (kyrhýz), кирги́зка f (kyrhýzka)
• Uyghur: قىرغىز (qirghiz)
• Uzbek: qirgʻiz (uz)

Proper noun

Kyrgyz

1. The Western Turkic language of Kyrgyz people.

Translations

language

• Arabic: قِيرْغِيزِيَّة f (qīrḡīziyya), قِيرْغِيزِيّ m (qīrḡīziyy)
• Armenian: ղրղզերեն (ġrġzeren)
• Azerbaijani: Qırğız dili (az), Qırğızca
• Bashkir: ҡырғыҙ (qırğıź), ҡырғыҙ теле (qırğıź tele), ҡырғыҙса (qırğıźsa)
• Catalan: kirguís (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吉爾吉斯語／吉尔吉斯语 (jí'ěrjísīyǔ), 吉尔吉斯语 (Jí'ěrjísī yǔ)

• Chuvash: Кӑркӑс чӗлхи (Kărk̬ăs čĕlh̬i)
• Crimean Tatar: Qırğız tili
• Czech: kirgizština f
• Danish: kirgisisk n
• Dutch: Kirgizisch (nl) n
• Estonian: kirgiisi keel
• Finnish: kirgiisi (fi)
• French: kirghiz (fr) m
• Georgian: ყირგიზული (q̇irgizuli)
• German: Kirgisisch (de) m
• Gujarati: કિરગિઝ (gu) (kirgijh)
• Hindi: किरगिज़ (hi) (kirgiz), क़िरग़िज़ (hi) (qirġiz)
• Hungarian: kirgiz (hu)
• Irish: Cirgisis f
• Italian: kirghiso (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: キルギス語 (ja) (Kirugisu-go)
• Khakas: хырғыс тілі (xırğıs tìlì)
• Korean: 키르기스어 (ko) (Kireugiseueo)
• Kyrgyz: кыргыз (ky) (kırgız), кыргыз тили (kırgız tili), кыргызча (ky) (kırgızca), قىرعىز تىلى, 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

3code=kir Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.(international standards) language code for [[w:ISO 639:Kyrgyz|]].

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

• Albanian: kirgiz
• Arabic: قِيرْغِيزِيّ (qīrḡīziyy)
• Armenian: ղրղզական (ġrġzakan), կիրգիզական (hy) (kirgizakan)
• Azerbaijani: qırğız (az)
• Bashkir: ҡырғыҙ (qırğıź)
• Belarusian: кiргі́скі (kirhíski), кыргы́скі (kyrhýski)
• Bengali: কিরগিজ (kirgij)
• Bulgarian: кирги́зки (kirgízki)
• Chinese:

  Dungan: хырхыз (hɨrhɨz)

  Mandarin: 吉爾吉斯／吉尔吉斯 (zh) (Jí'ěrjísī), 吉尔吉斯 (zh) (Jí'ěrjísī)

• Czech: kyrgyzský
• Danish: kirgisisk
• Dutch: Kirgizisch (nl)
• Estonian: kirgiisi (et)
• Finnish: kirgisialainen (fi)
• French: kirghize (fr) f, kirghiz (fr) m
• Georgian: ყირგიზული (q̇irgizuli)
• German: kirgisisch (de)
• Hungarian: kirgiz (hu)
• Irish: Cirgeasach
• Japanese: キルギス (Kirugisu)
• Kazakh: қырғыз (qyrğyz)
• Khakas: хырғыс (xırğıs)
• Korean: 키르기스 (Kireugiseu)
• Kyrgyz: кыргыз (ky) (kırgız)
• Latvian: kirgīzu, kirgīzisks
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Malay: Kyrgyz
• Mongolian: киргиз (kirgiz), хиргис (mn) (xirgis)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: kirgisisk

  Nynorsk: kirgisisk (nn)

• Persian: قرقیزی (qerqizi)
• Polish: kirgiski (pl)
• Portuguese: quirguiz (pt)
• Romanian: kirghiz (ro)
• Russian: кирги́зский (ru) (kirgízskij), кыргы́зский (ru) (kyrgýzskij)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кѝргӣскӣ

  Roman: kìrgīskī (sh)

• Slovak: kirgizský (sk)
• Spanish: kirguiso
• Swedish: kirgizisk (sv)
• Tajik: қирғизӣ (qirġizī)
• Tatar: кыргыз (tt) (qırgız)
• Thai: คีร์กีซ
• Turkish: Kırgız (tr)
• Turkmen: gyrgyz
• Ukrainian: кирги́зький (kyrhýzʹkyj)
• Uyghur: قىرغىز (qirghiz)
• Uzbek: qirgʻiz (uz)
• Vietnamese: Kiếc-ghi-di

---

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɪrɡɪs]

Noun

1. Kyrgyz (person)

Related terms

• Kyrgyzstán