Kazakhify

English

Etymology

From Kazakh +‎ -ify.

Verb

Kazakhify (third-person singular simple present Kazakhifies, present participle Kazakhifying, simple past and past participle Kazakhified)

1. to make Kazakh.
   • 2011, Michele E. Commercio, Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan: The Transformative Power of Informal Networks, University of Pennsylvania Press, →ISBN, page 165:

     One scholar identifies personnel decisions in particular as the main tool used to Kazakhify the state:

   • 2014, Mariya Y. Omelicheva, Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia: Dimensions, Dynamics, and Directions, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 3:

     Kazakhifying city names (by restoring their Kazakh names or creating new Kazakh names from scratch) helps to territorialize the nation and therefore legitimize its borders.

   • 2016, Marlene Laruelle, Kazakhstan in the Making: Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes, Lexington Books, →ISBN, page 125:

     Loyal to the president, elites in the Kazakhstani regime are unable to compete against each other on the so-called Kazakhified field, proposing alternatives to the official, wobbly nation-building policy.