Khazar

• Chazar, Chozar, Khozar, Xazar

The origin is unknown. Attested as Arabic خَزَر (ḵazar), Byzantine Greek Χάζαροι (Kházaroi), Hebrew כּוּזָרִים (Kuzarim), Middle Chinese 突厥曷薩 (*tʰuət̚-kɨut̚ ɦɑt̚-sɑt̚) and Middle Chinese 突厥可薩部 (*tʰuət̚-kɨut̚ kʰɑ^X-sɑt̚ buo^X), Latin Gazari and Cosar, Old Armenian խազիրք (xazirkʿ), Old East Slavic козаринъ (kozarinŭ), Persian خزر (xazar), Russian хаза́р (xazár), Tatar хәзәр (xäzär), Turkish Hazar, etc. Compare Old Uyghur 𐰴𐱁𐰺 (qšr¹), Middle Persian [script needed] (Kesar), Tibetan [script needed] (ge-sar).

See Wikipedia's article for etymology.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈzɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈzɑːɹ/
• Hyphenation: Kha‧zar

Khazar (plural Khazars or Khazar)

1. A member of a semi-nomadic Turkic tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).
2. (racist, derogatory, offensive slang) A Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin by reference to a discredited, racist myth of their origin in Europe.

   The Khazars have been hogging public services.

• Khazaria

Khazar (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Khazars.

• Khazarian

Khazar

1. The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which a single word is attested, 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Khazar terms
• Khazar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code zkz (SIL)
• Linguist List entry for Khazar, code zkz

• Zakhar, kharza