kirgīzs

Via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from Kyrgyz ҝыргыз, itself from Old Turkish kırk (“forty”) and uz (“tribes”).

kirgīzs m (1st declension, feminine form: kirgīziete)

1. a (male) Kyrgyz, a man from Kyrgyzstan or of Kyrgyz descent

   kirgīzs viņš nav, bet ir Kirgīzstanā strādājis ― a Kyrgyz he is not, but he has worked in Kyrgyzstan

   ja kirgīzs iebrauks uzbeku rajonā, viņš tiks nolinčots ― if a Kyrgyz (man) entered the Uzbek district, he would be lynched

   kirgīzi ir viena no tjurku tautām un Kirgizstānas pamatiedzīvotāji ― the Kyrgyz are one of the Turkic peoples and the indigenous people of Kyrgyzstan

2. (genitive plural) Kyrgyz, pertaining to Kyrgyzstan and its people

   kirgīzu valoda ― the Kyrgyz language

   kirgīzu literatūra ― Kyrgyz literature

   S. Mogiļevskas “Maksimka” ir stāsts par kādu kirgīzu zēnu ― S. Mogiļevska's “Maksimka” is a story about a certain Kyrgyz boy

• Kirgizstāna
• kirgīzisks
• kirgīzu valoda