Ka·zakh (kä zäk , k -zäk)n. pl. Kazakhs or Kazakh 1. A member of a pastoral Muslim people inhabiting Kazakhstan and parts of Xinjiang Uygur in China. 2. The Turkic language of this people. [Russian kazakh, from Kazakh qazaq, from Old Turkic *qazghaq, a profiteer, from qazqhanmaq, to acquire, from qazmaq, to dig out.] |
Kazakh, Kazak [kəˈzɑːk kɑː-]
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1. (Social Science / Peoples) pl -zakhs, -zaks a member of a traditionally Muslim Mongoloid people of Kazakhstan
2. (Linguistics / Languages) the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family
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| Noun | 1. |  Kazakh - a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan)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 1991CIS, 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 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 |
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