қазақ

See also: казак and ҡаҙаҡ

Kazakh

Cyrillic қазақ (qazaq)
Arabic قازاق‎
Latin qazaq

Etymology

From Old Turkic 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰸‎ (*qazǧaq, “profiteer”), from 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰣𐰢𐰴‎ (qazǧanmaq, “to acquire”), from 𐰴𐰔𐰢𐰴‎ (qazmaq, “to dig out”), from Proto-Turkic *kaŕ-.[1]. More at Kazakhs.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qɑ.zɑq/, [qʰɑ̝.zɑ̝qʰ]
  • Hyphenation: қа‧зақ

Noun

қазақ • (qazaq)

  1. (attributively only) (of) the Kazakhs, Kazakh
    Қазақ елі ― Qazaq elı ― the Kazakh nation
    қазақ тілі ― qazaq tılı ― the Kazakh language
  2. (singulatively) a Kazakh (person)

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References

Shor

Etymology

Borrowed from коза́къ m (kozák, “a [male] Cossack”). Compare also Khakas хазах (xazax, “a Russian”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: қа‧зақ

Noun

қазақ • (qazaq)

  1. (attributively only) (of) the Russians, Russian
    қазақ тили ― qazaq tili ― the Russian language
  2. (singulatively) a Russian (person)

Declension

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