Kazakh

See also: kazakh

English

Etymology 1

Wiktionary

Kazakh edition of Wiktionary

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

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Kazakh

Alternative forms

Kazak, Qazaq, (archaic) Kaisak

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈzak/, /kəˈzɑːk/, /ˈkazak/
(US) IPA^(key): /kəˈzɑk/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ɑːk

Noun

Kazakh (countable and uncountable, plural Kazakhs)

(countable) A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
(uncountable) The national language of Kazakhstan.

Translations

a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent

Afrikaans: Kazak, Kazach
Albanian: kazah m, kazak m
Arabic: كَازَاخِيّ m (kāzāḵiyy), كَازَاخِيَّة f (kāzāḵiyya)
Armenian: ղազախ (ġazax)
Azerbaijani: qazax
Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq)
Belarusian: каза́х m (kazáx), каза́шка f (kazáška)
Bulgarian: каза́х (bg) m (kazáh)
Catalan: kazakh (ca) m or f
Chagatai: قزاق (qazāq /⁠qazaq⁠/)
Chinese:
Dungan: хазах (hazah)

Mandarin: 哈薩克人／哈萨克人 (zh) (Hɑ̄sɑ̀kèrén)
Czech: Kazach (cs) m, Kazaška (cs) f
Danish: kasakher c
Dutch: Kazak (nl) m
Esperanto: kazaĥo
Finnish: kazakki (fi)
French: Kazakh (fr) m, Kazakhe (fr) f
Georgian: ყაზახი (q̇azaxi)
German: Kasache (de) m, Kasachin (de) f
Greek: Καζάκος (el) m (Kazákos), Καζάκα (el) f (Kazáka)
Hindi: कजाक (hi) m (kajāk), कज़ाक (kazāk)
Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu)
Irish: Casacach m
Japanese: カザフ人 (kazafujin)
Kabardian: казах (kbd) (kazax)
Kalmyk: хасг (xasg)
Kazakh:
Cyrillic (since 1940): қазақ (kk) (qazaq)

Eskı emle (before 1924): قزاق (qazāq /⁠qazaq⁠/)

Jaña emle (since 1924): قازاق

Latin (2021 and earlier proposals): qazaq
Khakas: хазах (xazax)
Kyrgyz: казак (ky) (kazak)
Latvian: kazahs m, kazahiete f
Lithuanian: kazachas (lt) m
Manchu: ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ (hasak)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: казах (mn) (kazax), хасаг (mn) (xasag) (traditionally, also used to refer to a Cossack)

Mongolian: ᠬᠠᠰᠠᠭ (qasag), ᠺᠠᠽᠠᠭ (kazag)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kasakhstaner (no) m

Nynorsk: kasakhstanar (nn) m
Persian: قزاق (fa) (qazzâq), کزاخ (kazâx)
Polish: Kazach (pl) m, Kazaszka (pl) f
Portuguese: cazaque (pt)
Romanian: kazah (ro) m, kazahă (ro) f
Russian: каза́х (ru) m (kazáx), каза́шка (ru) f (kazáška) (since 1936); каза́к (ru) m (kazák), каза́чка (ru) f (kazáčka) (1925–1936); кирги́з (ru) m (kirgíz), кирги́зка (ru) f (kirgízka), киргѝз-кайса́к m (kirgìz-kajsák), киргѝз-кайса́чка f (kirgìz-kajsáčka) (1734– 1925)
Spanish: kazajo (es) m
Swahili: Mkazaki (sw)
Swedish: kazak (sv) c (ethnicity)
Tajik: қазоқ (tg) (qazoq)
Tatar: казакъ (tt) (qazaq)
Turkish: Kazak (tr)
Turkmen: gazak
Ukrainian: каза́х (uk) m (kazáx), каза́шка f (kazáška)
Uyghur: قازاق (qazaq)
Uzbek: qozoq (uz)
Cyrillic: қозоқ (qozoq)
Written Oirat: ᡍᠠᠰᠠᡎ (xasag)
Yakut: казах (kazaq)

a person from Kazakhstan — see Kazakhstani

language

Afrikaans: Kazaks, Kazachs
Arabic: كَازَاخِيّ m (kāzāḵiyy), كَازَاخِيَّة f (kāzāḵiyya)
Armenian: ղազախերեն (hy) (ġazaxeren)
Catalan: kazakh (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 哈薩克語／哈萨克语 (zh) (hāsàkèyǔ)
Czech: kazaština (cs) f
Danish: kasakhisk n
Dutch: Kazachs (nl) n
Esperanto: kazaĥo
Finnish: kazakki (fi)
French: kazakh (fr) m
German: Kasachisch (de) n
Greek: καζακικά (el) n pl (kazakiká)
Hindi: कज़ाकी (hi) (kazākī)
Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu)
Irish: Casaicis f
Italian: kazako (it) m
Japanese: カザフ語 (ja) (kazafugo)
Kabardian: казахыбзэ (kbd) (kazaxəbzɛ)
Kazakh: қазақша (qazaqşa), қазақ тілі (qazaq tılı)
Korean: 카자흐어 (ko) (kajaheueo)
Latvian: kazahu valoda f, kazahu
Navajo: Kʼazah dineʼé bizaad
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kasakhisk (no) m

Nynorsk: kasakhisk m
Persian: قزاقی (qazâqi), کزاخی (kazâxi), زبان قزاقی (zabân-e qazâqi)
Polish: kazachski (pl) m
Portuguese: cazaque (pt) m
Romanian: kazahă (ro) f
Russian: каза́хский (ru) m (kazáxskij)
Slovak: kazaština (sk) f
Slovene: kazaščina f
Swahili: Kikazaki
Swedish: kazakiska (sv) c
Tajik: қазоқӣ (tg) (qazoqī), забони қазоқӣ (zaboni qazoqī)
Turkish: Kazakça (tr)
Uyghur: قازاقچە (ug) (qazaqche)
Uzbek: qozoqcha (uz), қозоқча (qozoqcha)

Further reading

Wiktionary’s coverage of Kazakh terms
ISO 639-1 code kk, ISO 639-3 code kaz (SIL)
Ethnologue entry for Kazakh, kaz ⁠

Adjective

Kazakh (not comparable)

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

Translations

pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language

Afrikaans: Kazaks, Kazachs
Albanian: kazah, kazak
Arabic: كَازَاخِيّ (kāzāḵiyy)
Armenian: ղազախական (hy) (ġazaxakan)
Azerbaijani: qazax
Bashkir: ҡаҙаҡ (qaźaq)
Belarusian: каза́хскі (kazáxski), каза́скі (kazáski) (Taraškievica)
Bengali: কাজাখ (bn) (kajakh)
Bulgarian: каза́хски (kazáhski)
Catalan: kazakh (ca)
Chinese:
Dungan: хазах (hazah)

Mandarin: 哈薩克的／哈萨克的 (zh) (hāsàkè de)
Czech: kazašský (cs)
Danish: kasakhisk
Dutch: Kazachs (nl)
Esperanto: kazaĥa
Estonian: kasahhi
Finnish: kazakkilainen (fi)
French: kazakh (fr)
Georgian: ყაზახური (q̇azaxuri)
German: kasachisch (de)
Greek: καζακικός (kazakikós)
Hindi: कज़ाख़ (kazāx)
Hungarian: kazak (hu), kazah (hu)
Irish: Casacach, Casaicise (language)
Japanese: カザフの (kazafu no)
Kabardian: казах (kbd) (kazax)
Kazakh: қазақ (kk) (qazaq)
Korean: 카자흐의 (kajaheuui)
Kyrgyz: казак (ky) (kazak)
Latvian: kazahu, kazahisks
Lithuanian: kazachų (lt), kazachiškas
Macedonian: казашки (kazaški)
Malay: Kazakh
Mongolian: казах (mn) (kazax), хасаг (mn) (xasag)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kasakhstansk

Nynorsk: kasakhstansk (nn)
Pashto: قزاقي
Persian: قزاقی (qazâqi), کزاخی (kazâxi)
Polish: kazachski (pl)
Portuguese: cazaque (pt)
Romanian: kazah (ro)
Russian: каза́хский (ru) (kazáxskij)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: казашки

Roman: kazaški (sh)
Slovak: kazašský (sk)
Slovene: kazaški
Spanish: kazajo (es)
Swedish: kazakisk (sv)
Tajik: қазоқӣ (tg) (qazoqī)
Tatar: казакъ (tt) (qazaq)
Turkish: Kazak (tr)
Turkmen: gazak
Ukrainian: каза́хський (uk) (kazáxsʹkyj)
Urdu: قازق (qāzaq)
Uyghur: قازاق (qazaq)
Uzbek: qozoq (uz)

pertaining to the Kazakhstan — see Kazakhstani

Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).

Proper noun

Kazakh

Alternative form of Gazakh

References

Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “казак”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress

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