Kazakh
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6.3
- proper noun
- /kəˈzɑk/
- As a Kazakh, he proudly shares the traditions of his culture with others.
- speak Kazakh
- Russian and Kazakh
Examples
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And it's like Kazakh, what, what's happening again?
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Or was it the 8.3 million Uyghurs—Muslims who speak a language related to Turkish and Kazakh, some of whom look European?
Academic text (2010) -
- No, I am a Kazakh.
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The party has a weekly publication that is printed in Russian and Kazakh with a circulation of 40,000.
Academic text (1994) -
He at least would not mistake a dead Kazakh for a leopard lying in wait.
Fiction book (2000) -
Many Kazakh people celebrate Nauryz, marking the arrival of spring.
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The Kazakh language has a rich history influenced by its Turkic roots.
Synonyms
1
8.9
The Turkic language spoken by people in Kazakhstan
1
6.0
A person from Kazakhstan
1
7.2
A Turkic language spoken by Kazakh people in Kazakhstan and nearby areas
A Turkic language that Kazakh people speak in Kazakhstan and nearby areas
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Kazakh comes from qazaq, 'free' or 'wanderer', a name for nomadic people; today a Kazakh can mean a person from that people or the language they speak. This origin explains why the word refers to both the people and their language.