Kirgiz

Variant of Kirghiz

noun

  1. pl. Kirghiz or Kirghizes a member of a people living chiefly in Kyrgyzstan and adjacent areas
  2. the Turkic language of this people

Origin: orig. uncert.

Also sp. Kirgiz
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