Kazakh

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Ka·zakh

(kä′zäk′, kə-zäk′)

adj.

Of or relating to Kazakhstan or its people, language, or culture.

n. pl. Kazakhs or Ka·zakh

a. A native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan.

b. A person of Kazakh ancestry.

c. A member of a Turkic people inhabiting Kazakhstan and parts of Xinjiang in China.

2. The Turkic language of the Kazakhs.

[Russian kazakh, from Kazakh qazaq, from Old Turkic *qazğaq, a profiteer, from qazğanmaq, to acquire, from qazmaq, to dig out.]

Kazakh

(kəˈzɑːk; kɑː-) or

Kazak

npl -zakhs or -zaks

1. (Peoples) a member of a traditionally Muslim Mongoloid people of Kazakhstan

2. (Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

Ka•zakh

or Ka•zak

(kəˈzɑk)

n., pl. -zakhs or -zaks, (esp. collectively) -zakh or -zak.

1. a member of a Turkic people of Central Asia, living mainly in Kazakhstan and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in W China.

2. the language of the Kazakhs.

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Noun	1.	Kazakh - a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan) Kazak Turki - any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
	2.	Kazakh - a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991 Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazak CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States - an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991 Alma-Ata, Almaty - the largest city in Kazakhstan and the capital until 1998 Asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations Kazakhstani - a native or inhabitant of Kazakhstan
	3.	Kazakh - the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak Kazak Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar, Turki - a subfamily of Altaic languages

Translations

Kasache Kasachin kasachisch

kazajo

kazakki

kazakh

kazako

Kazachs

kasakhisk

KazachkazachskiKazaszka

cazaque

казах казашка

kazakkazakiskkazakiska

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