Kazakh

See also: kazakh

English

Etymology 1

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

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 (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)

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 (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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Kazakh

English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Translations

Further reading

Adjective

Translations

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Proper noun

References