Kazakh

See also: kazakh

English

Etymology 1

Kazakh edition of Wiktionary

From Russian каза́х (kazáx), from Kazakh қазақ (qazaq). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.

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Kazakh

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Kazak, Qazaq, (archaic) Kaisak

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈzak/, /kəˈzɑːk/, /ˈkazak/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈzɑk/, /kəˈzæk/, /ˈkæzæk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɑːk

Noun

Kazakh (countable and uncountable, plural Kazakhs)

1. (countable) A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.

   Synonym: Kazakhstani

2. (uncountable) The national language of Kazakhstan.

Translations

a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent

Afrikaans: Kazak, Kazach Albanian: kazah m, kazak m Arabic: قَزَاقِيّ m (qazāqiyy), قَزَاقِيَّة f (qazāqiyya), قَزَاق pl (qazāq) Armenian: ղազախ (ġazax) Asturian: kazaquistanín (ast) m, kazakstanín (ast) m, kazaku (ast) m, kazaquistanina (ast) f, kazakstanina (ast) f, kazaka (ast) f Azerbaijani: qazax Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq) Belarusian: каза́х m (kazáx), каза́шка f (kazáška) Bulgarian: каза́х (bg) m (kazáh) Catalan: kazakh (ca) m or f Chagatai: قزاق (qazāq /⁠qazaq⁠/) Chinese: Dungan: хазах (hazah) Mandarin: 哈薩克人 / 哈萨克人 (zh) (Hɑ̄sɑ̀kèrén) Czech: Kazach (cs) m, Kazaška (cs) f Danish: kasakher c Dutch: Kazak (nl) m Esperanto: kazaĥo Finnish: kazakki (fi) French: Kazakh (fr) m, Kazakhe (fr) f Georgian: ყაზახი (q̇azaxi) German: Kasache (de) m, Kasachin (de) f Greek: Καζάκος (el) m (Kazákos), Καζάκα (el) f (Kazáka) Hindi: कजाक (hi) m (kajāk), कज़ाक (kazāk) Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu) Irish: Casacach m Japanese: カザフ人 (kazafujin) Kabardian: казах (kbd) (kazax) Kalmyk: хасг (xasg) Kazakh: Cyrillic (since 1940): қазақ (kk) (qazaq) Eskı emle (before 1924): قزاق (qazāq /⁠qazaq⁠/) Jaña emle (since 1924): قازاق Latin (2021 and earlier proposals): qazaq Khakas: хазах (xazax) Kyrgyz: казак (ky) (kazak) Latvian: kazahs m, kazahiete f Lithuanian: kazachas (lt) m Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ (hasak) Mongolian: Cyrillic: казах (mn) (kazax), хасаг (mn) (xasag) (traditionally, also used to refer to a Cossack) Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠰᠠᠭ (qasag), ᠺᠠᠽᠠᠭ (kazag) Norwegian: Bokmål: kasakhstaner (no) m Nynorsk: kasakhstanar (nn) m Ottoman Turkish: قزاق (Kazak) Persian: قزاق (fa) (qazzâq), کزاخ (kazâx) Polish: Kazach (pl) m, Kazaszka (pl) f Portuguese: cazaque (pt) Romanian: kazah (ro) m, kazahă (ro) f Russian: каза́х (ru) m (kazáx), каза́шка (ru) f (kazáška) (since 1936); каза́к (ru) m (kazák), каза́чка (ru) f (kazáčka) (1925–1936); кирги́з (ru) m (kirgíz), кирги́зка (ru) f (kirgízka), киргѝз-кайса́к m (kirgìz-kajsák), киргѝз-кайса́чка f (kirgìz-kajsáčka) (1734– 1925) Southern Altai: казак (kazak) Spanish: kazajo (es) m Swahili: Mkazaki (sw) Swedish: kazak (sv) c (ethnicity) Tajik: қазоқ (tg) (qazoq) Tatar: казакъ (tt) (qazaq) Turkish: Kazak (tr) Turkmen: gazak Ukrainian: каза́х (uk) m (kazáx), каза́шка f (kazáška) Uyghur: قازاق (qazaq) Uzbek: qozoq (uz) Cyrillic: қозоқ (qozoq) Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠰᠠᡎ (xasag) Xibe: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡣ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ (hasak niyalma) Yakut: казах (kazaq)

a person from Kazakhstan — see Kazakhstani

language

Afrikaans: Kazaks, Kazachs Arabic: قَزَاقِيَّة f (qazāqiyya) Armenian: ղազախերեն (hy) (ġazaxeren) Asturian: kazaquistanín (ast), kazakstanín (ast), kazaku (ast) Catalan: kazakh (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 哈薩克語 / 哈萨克语 (zh) (hāsàkèyǔ) Czech: kazaština (cs) f Danish: kasakhisk n Dutch: Kazachs (nl) n Esperanto: kazaĥo Finnish: kazakki (fi) French: kazakh (fr) m German: Kasachisch (de) n Greek: καζακικά (el) n pl (kazakiká) Hindi: कज़ाकी (hi) (kazākī) Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu) Irish: Casaicis f Italian: kazako (it) m Japanese: カザフ語 (ja) (kazafugo) Kabardian: казахыбзэ (kbd) (kazaxəbzɛ) Kazakh: қазақша (qazaqşa), қазақ тілі (qazaq tılı) Khmer: កាហ្សាក់ (kaazak) Korean: 카자흐어 (ko) (kajaheueo) Latvian: kazahu valoda f, kazahu Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ (hasak gisun) Navajo: Kʼazah dineʼé bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: kasakhisk (no) m Nynorsk: kasakhisk m Persian: قزاقی (qazâqi), کزاخی (kazâxi), زبان قزاقی (zabân-e qazâqi) Polish: kazachski (pl) m Portuguese: cazaque (pt) m Romanian: kazahă (ro) f Russian: каза́хский (ru) m (kazáxskij) Slovak: kazaština (sk) f Slovene: kazaščina f Swahili: Kikazaki Swedish: kazakiska (sv) c Tajik: қазоқӣ (tg) (qazoqi), забони қазоқӣ (zaboni qazoqi) Turkish: Kazakça (tr) Uyghur: قازاقچە (ug) (qazaqche) Uzbek: qozoqcha (uz), қозоқча (qozoqcha) Xibe: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡣ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ (hasak gisun)

Further reading

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Kazakh terms
• ISO 639-1 code kk, ISO 639-3 code kaz (SIL)
• Ethnologue entry for Kazakh, kaz ⁠

Adjective

Kazakh (comparative more Kazakh, superlative most Kazakh)

1. Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.

   Synonym: Kazakhstani

   • 2010, Michael Fergus, Vitaliy Krotov, “Other cities”, in Kazakhstan: The Business Traveller’s Handbook (Gorilla Guides: Travel Handbooks for the Business Jungle), Northampton, Mass.: Interlink Travel, →ISBN, chapter 9 (Other Major Cities), page 159:

     Over 70% of the city population is reckoned to be Kazakh or Uzbek and only 15% Russian. Being much more Kazakh than Russian certainly gives Shymkent a less disciplined feel about it, and this has its good sides to it and its bad sides.

Derived terms

• Kazakh dandelion
• Kazakhness

Translations

pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language

Afrikaans: Kazaks, Kazachs Albanian: kazah, kazak Arabic: كَازَاخِيّ (kāzāḵiyy) Armenian: ղազախական (hy) (ġazaxakan) Asturian: kazaquistanín (ast), kazakstanín (ast), kazaku (ast) Azerbaijani: qazax Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq) Belarusian: каза́хскі (kazáxski), каза́скі (kazáski) (Taraškievica) Bengali: কাজাখ (bn) (kajakh) Bulgarian: каза́хски (kazáhski) Catalan: kazakh (ca) Chinese: Dungan: хазах (hazah) Mandarin: 哈薩克的 / 哈萨克的 (zh) (hāsàkè de) Czech: kazašský (cs) Danish: kasakhisk Dutch: Kazachs (nl) Esperanto: kazaĥa Estonian: kasahhi Finnish: kazakkilainen (fi) French: kazakh (fr) Georgian: ყაზახური (q̇azaxuri) German: kasachisch (de) Greek: καζακικός (kazakikós) Hindi: कज़ाख़ (kazāx) Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu) Irish: Casacach, Casaicise (language) Japanese: カザフの (kazafu no) Kabardian: казах (kbd) (kazax) Kazakh: қазақ (kk) (qazaq) Khmer: កាហ្សាក់ (kaazak) Korean: 카자흐의 (kajaheuui) Kyrgyz: казак (ky) (kazak) Latvian: kazahu, kazahisks Lithuanian: kazachų (lt), kazachiškas Macedonian: казашки (kazaški) Malay: Kazakh Mongolian: казах (mn) (kazax), хасаг (mn) (xasag) Norwegian: Bokmål: kasakhstansk Nynorsk: kasakhstansk (nn) Pashto: قزاقي Persian: قزاقی (qazâqi), کزاخی (kazâxi) Polish: kazachski (pl) Portuguese: cazaque (pt) Romanian: kazah (ro) Russian: каза́хский (ru) (kazáxskij) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: казашки Roman: kazaški (sh) Slovak: kazašský (sk) Slovene: kazaški Spanish: kazajo (es) Swedish: kazakisk (sv) Tajik: қазоқӣ (tg) (qazoqi) Tatar: казакъ (tt) (qazaq) Turkish: Kazak (tr) Turkmen: gazak Ukrainian: каза́хський (uk) (kazáxsʹkyj) Urdu: قازق (qāzaq) Uyghur: قازاق (qazaq) Uzbek: qozoq (uz)

pertaining to the Kazakhstan — see Kazakhstani

Etymology 2

From Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).

Proper noun

Kazakh

1. Alternative form of Gazakh.

References

• Vasmer, Max (1964–1973), “казак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress