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Kirghiz

Kirghiz

9.9
A Turkic language spoken mainly in Kyrgyzstan and nearby areas
  • noun
  • /ˈkɪrɡɪz/
translation icon : kirguís
  • She studied the Kirghiz language as part of her research on Central Asian cultures.

Examples

  • The book was translated from Kirghiz into Russian and English.

  • I am learning Kirghiz to communicate with my friends in Kyrgyzstan.

  • Many folk tales have been preserved in Kirghiz for centuries.

  • The Kirghiz language has many unique sounds.

  • Many folk tales have been preserved in Kirghiz for centuries.

  • She studied the Kirghiz language as part of her research on Central Asian cultures.

  • The book was translated from Kirghiz into Russian and English.

Synonyms

Kirghiz language
vsKirghiz
9.8

A language that Kirghiz people speak in Kyrgyzstan and nearby regions

uses the single-word name instead of the phrase form
Kirgiz language
vsKirghiz
8.9

A language spoken by the Kyrgyz people in Kyrgyzstan and nearby areas

uses the version that differs in spelling rather than the phrase form
Kirgiz
vsKirghiz
9.8

A Turkic language spoken mainly in Kyrgyzstan

uses the alternative spelling and is equivalent in meaning
Khirghiz language
vsKirghiz
9.4

A language spoken by the Kyrgyz people in Kyrgyzstan and nearby areas

keeps the regionally used spelling rather than that variant
Khirghiz
vsKirghiz
9.9

The language that Kyrgyz people speak in Kyrgyzstan

uses the other common spelling form for the same language
Kyrgyz
vsKirghiz
9.6

The language spoken by people in Kyrgyzstan

refers to the language generally without mentioning official status

Compounds

A language that Kirghiz people speak in Kyrgyzstan and nearby regions

Surface Forms

Kirghiz singular
Kirghiz plural

Etymology

The word Kirghiz, also spelled Kyrgyz, probably comes from a Turkic word kyrk that means 'forty', from a story about 'forty tribes' who joined together. So Kirghiz names the people and their language, the language of those 'forty' tribes.