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Kazakh¹

  • /kəˈzak/ UK
  • /kəˈzɑːk/ UK
  • /ˈkazak/ UK
  • /kəˈzɑk/ US
  • /kəˈzæk/ US
  • /ˈkæzæk/ US

Rhymes with -ɑːk

Where it comes from

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

noun Kazakhs · Kazak · Qazaq · Kaisak

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

    Similar: Kazakhstani

  2. uncountable The national language of Kazakhstan.

adjective more Kazakh · most Kazakh · Kazak · Qazaq · Kaisak

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

    Similar: Kazakhstani

Kazakh²

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Gazakh

Translations

Every language

noun a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent

Españolkazajo
한국어카자흐스탄인 kajaheuseutanin, 카자흐스탄 사람 kajaheuseutan saram
日本語カザフ人 kazafujin
中文哈薩克人 /哈萨克人 Hɑ̄sɑ̀kèrén
हिन्दीकज़ाख़ kazāx
KiswahiliMkazaki
Portuguêscazaque
FrançaisKazakh, Kazakhe
DeutschKasache, Kasachin
ΕλληνικάΚαζάκος Kazákos, Καζάκα Kazáka
Românăkazah, kazahă
Русскийказа́х kazáx, каза́шка kazáška, каза́к kazák, каза́чка kazáčka, кирги́з kirgíz, кирги́зка kirgízka
العربيةقَزَاقِيّ qazāqiyy, قَزَاقِيَّة qazāqiyya, قَزَاق qazāq

noun language

한국어카자흐어 kajaheueo
日本語カザフ語 kazafugo
中文哈薩克語 /哈萨克语 hāsàkèyǔ
हिन्दीकज़ाख़ kazāx
KiswahiliKikazaki
Portuguêscazaque
Françaiskazakh
DeutschKasachisch
Italianokazako
Ελληνικάκαζακικά kazakiká
Românăkazahă
Русскийказа́хский kazáxskij
العربيةقَزَاقِيَّة qazāqiyya

adj pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language

Españolkazajo
한국어카자흐의 kajaheu-ui
日本語カザフの kazafu no
中文哈薩克的 /哈萨克的 hāsàkè de
हिन्दीकज़ाख़ kazāx, क़ज़्ज़ाक़ qazzāq
Portuguêscazaque
Françaiskazakh
Deutschkasachisch
Ελληνικάκαζακικός kazakikós
Românăkazah
Русскийказа́хский kazáxskij
العربيةكَازَاخِيّ kāzāḵiyy

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@misc{kazakh_2026,
  title = {Kazakh},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kazakh},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}