Kazakh

(kä zäk)

or Kazak

noun

  1. a member of a people living chiefly in Kazakhstan and adjacent parts of China
  2. the Turkic language of this people

See Kazakh in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Kazakhs or Kazakh
  1. A member of a pastoral Muslim people inhabiting Kazakhstan and parts of Xinjiang Uygur in China.
  2. The Turkic language of this people.

Origin:

Origin: Russian kazakh

Origin: , from Kazakh qazaq

Origin: , from Old Turkic *qazghaq, a profiteer

Origin: , from qazqhanmaq, to acquire

Origin: , from qazmaq, to dig out

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