kirgīzs

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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 strādājisa Kyrgyz he is not, but he has worked in Kyrgyzstan
    ja kirgīzs iebrauks uzbeku rajonā, viņš tiks nolinčotsif a Kyrgyz (man) entered the Uzbek district, he would be lynched
    kirgīzi ir viena no tjurku tautām un Kirgizstānas pamatiedzīvotājithe Kyrgyz are one of the Turkic peoples and the indigenous people of Kyrgyzstan
  2. (genitive plural) Kyrgyz, pertaining to Kyrgyzstan and its people
    kirgīzu valodathe Kyrgyz language
    kirgīzu literatūraKyrgyz literature
    S. Mogiļevskas “Maksimka” ir stāsts par kādu kirgīzu zēnuS. Mogiļevska's “Maksimka” is a story about a certain Kyrgyz boy

Declension

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