Kyrgyz

Examples

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• The Kyrgyz enjoy rich traditions that have been passed down through generations.

• Turkmen and Uzbeks make up only 71 percent of that country's population, Tajiks are only 62 percent, Kyrgyz are 52 percent, and Kazakhs are barely 40 percent of Kazakhstan.

  Academic text (1994)

• Ask a man from Kyrgyzstan which people cut the biggest dash and he will say, "the Kyrgyz."

  Blog text (8)

• The party has been advocating a program similar to the People's Congress of Kazakhstan and has thus attracted not only Kyrgyz, but also Russians and other ethnic minorities.

  Academic text (1994)

• Also like the Kyrgyz, the Kazakhs are a historically Muslim and Turkic-speaking mix of indigenous Turkic tribes and nomadic Mongols.

  Academic text (2000)

• In the capital, Bishkek, the diplomatic talk was of supporting democracy, the rule of law, and reconciliation after a brutal outbreak of ethnic violence in 2010 involving ethnic Kyrgyz and the country's Uzbek minority.

  Blog text (22)

• Kyrgyz is one of the two official languages of Kyrgyzstan, spoken by millions.

• Every year, Kyrgyz celebrate national holidays with music and traditional games.

Synonyms

K

Kirgiz

vsKyrgyz

9.5

A person from a Turkic group who lives mainly in Kyrgyzstan

is broader, meaning any person from or relating to that country or its language

K

Khirghiz

vsKyrgyz

9.9

A person from the Kyrgyz people who lives mainly in Kyrgyzstan

is wider, covering any person from or relating to that country or its language

K

Kirghiz

vsKyrgyz

9.7

A person from Kyrgyzstan who is part of a Turkic-speaking people

is more general, applying to people or things connected to that country or language

K

Kyrgyzstani

vsKyrgyz

7.3

Relating to Kyrgyzstan, its people or its culture

can mean a person from the country or anything connected to their language

K

Kirghiz language

vsKyrgyz

9.8

A language that Kirghiz people speak in Kyrgyzstan and nearby regions

includes people or other things from that country rather than the language itself

K

Kirgiz language

vsKyrgyz

8.9

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

is about persons or relations to the country rather than the language only

K

Khirghiz language

vsKyrgyz

9.4

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

focuses on people or relations to the country instead of the language alone

Compounds

K

Kyrgyz Republic

• Formal

7.5

The official name of Kyrgyzstan, a landlocked country in Central Asia

Surface Forms

Etymology