Qazaqstan

English

Etymology

Originally an alternative transliteration of Russian Казакста́н (Kazakstán), Казахста́н (Kazaxstán); now from Kazakh Qazaqstan (Latin spelling of Қазақстан). By surface analysis, Qazaq +‎ -stan.

Proper noun

Qazaqstan

1. Alternative form of Kazakhstan.
   • 1931, D[mitry] S[vyatopolk-]Mirsky, “The National Minorities”, in Russia: A Social History, London: The Cresset Press, published 1942 (2nd impression), →OCLC, chapter VI (The Petersburg Period (1698-1861)), page 247:

     The nomads of Qazaqstan began to recognise Russian suzerainty as early as 1730.

   • 2001, Uyama Tomohiko, “Two Attempts at Building a Qazaq State: The Revolt of 1916 and the Alash Movement”, in Stéphane A. Dudoignon, Komatsu Hisao, editors, Islam in Politics in Russia and Central Asia (Early Eighteenth to Late Twentieth Centuries) (Islamic Area Studies; 3), London: Kegan Paul International, →ISBN, part 2 (Towards a Restoration of the Dār al-Islām? State Building in Twentieth Century Muslin Central Asia), pages 88–89:

     Some of the leading intellectuals, however, were skeptical about the possibility of sedentarization, given the governmental rule that restricted each man’s settlement to within 15 desãtinas (1 desãtina = 1.09 ha), too small for economic viability under Qazaqstan’s natural conditions.

   • 2020, Omirtay Bitimov, “Appendix: In memory of Journalist Said Samim Faramarz”, in Galimkair Mutanov, editor, Al-Farabi KazNU for Shaping Common Future: Mind for Peace‎^[1], Almaty: Kazakh University Publishing House, →ISBN, archived from the original on 2025-03-07, page 172:

     According to the Qazaqstani representatives, S.Faramarz did not deceive their hopes, becoming a vivid example of a young but established citizen of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, seeking to overcome the internal military conflict with the assistance of the international community, including fraternal and friendly Qazaqstan, which provides economic and humanitarian assistance to this country.

   • 2024, Philipp Schröder, “Jamilya’s Business: Female Accessories”, in Translocality, Entrepreneurship and Middle Class Across Eurasia: Kyrgyzstan’s ‘First Capitalists’ Since the Late Soviet Era (Routledge Series on Economic and Social Transformations in Central and Inner Asia), Abingdon, Oxfordshire; New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →DOI, →ISBN, part I (The Kyrgyz Pioneers: Novosibirsk’s Bazaar Economy and Diaspora), chapter 2 (Business-Making, Labour Organization and Gender at the Barakholka Market):

     Qazaqstan, in contrast, was among the founding states of the EACU in 2010, as was Russia. But it would access the WTO only in 2015. Technically, this meant that all goods that Jamilya purchased in Bishkek needed to pass customs clearance at Qazaqstan’s border (checkpoints) before making their way further into EACU territory.

   • 2024 June 25, Aliya Bolatkhan, “Mislabeling Tradition: Ethnographic Knowledge Production in the Qazaq SSR and Cultural Representation”, in Qazaq Historical Review, volume 2, number 2, →DOI, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 104:

     It adopts a comprehensive approach by juxtaposing fieldnotes and other materials gathered during more than ten expeditionary fieldworks across various regions of Qazaqstan with over twenty Soviet-period scholarly publications that resulted from these ethnographic expeditions.

Derived terms

• Qazaqstani

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	قازاقستان
Cyrillic	Қазақстан
Latin	Qazaqstan

Proper noun

Qazaqstan

1. Latin spelling of Қазақстан (Qazaqstan, “Kazakhstan”)