Kozak

• As a Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian surname, all from the noun Kozak (“Cossack”). Compare the variants Kazak, Kosack, Kosak, Kozack.
• Also as a Polish and Czech surname, occupational surname for a goatherd, from koza (“nanny goat”). This is also found in Slovene and Serbo-Croatian, though probably influenced by the sense above.
• Also as a Slovak and Czech surname, possibly from kozák (“kind of mushroom”).
• As a Turkish surname, from kozak (“cone”) or its homonym meaning "shady place," from Ottoman Turkish قوزاق.
• As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאָזאַק (kozak, “Cossack”), related to the first sense above.

Kozak (plural Kozaks)

1. A surname.
2. A Cossack.

Some Ukrainians recommend "Kozak" as the proper and correct spelling, instead of "Cossack", when referring to Ukrainian Cossacks instead of Russian Cossacks.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kozak is the 4733^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 7495 individuals. Kozak is most common among White (96.0%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kozak”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 345.

Borrowed from Ukrainian коза́к (kozák), from Old East Slavic козакъ (kozakŭ), from Turkic, from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰸 (*qazǧaq, “profiteer”), from 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰣𐰢𐰸 (qazǧanmaq, “to acquire”), from 𐰴𐰔𐰢𐰸 (qazmaq, “to dig out”), from Proto-Turkic *kaŕ-. Doublet of kozak (“badass”) and Kazach (“Kazakh”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɔ.zak/

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• Rhymes: -ɔzak
• Syllabification: Ko‧zak

Kozak m pers (female equivalent Kozaczka)

1. Cossack (member of a population)

• Middle French: cosaque, cosache
  • French: cosaque m sg
  • → Dutch: kozak m sg
  • → English: Cossack m sg

Kozak m pers

1. a male surname

Kozak f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname

• Kozak in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Kozak in Polish dictionaries at PWN