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қазақ

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See also: казак and ҡаҙаҡ

Kazakh

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Kazakh Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia kk
Alternative scripts
Arabic قازاق
İske imlâ قزاق
Cyrillic қазақ
Latin qazaq

Etymology

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From Old Turkic 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰸 (*qazǧaq, profiteer), from 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰣𐰢𐰴 (qazǧanmaq, to acquire), from 𐰴𐰔𐰢𐰴 (qazmaq, to dig out), from Proto-Turkic *kaŕ-.[1] By surface analysis, қаз- (qaz-) +‎ -ақ (-aq). More at Kazakhs.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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қазақ (qazaq)

  1. (attributively only) (of) the Kazakhs, Kazakh
    Қазақ еліQazaq elıthe Kazakh nation
    қазақ тіліqazaq tılıthe Kazakh language
  2. (singulatively) a Kazakh (person)

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Shor

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: қа‧зақ

Noun

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қазақ (qazaq)

  1. (attributively only) (of) the Russians, Russian
    қазақ тилиqazaq tilithe Russian language
  2. (singulatively) a Russian (person)

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