Kazakh
/kəˈzak/US/kəˈzɑk/
Kazakh noun: a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent. Also the alternative form of Gazakh.
Noun
Kazakh (countable and uncountable, plural Kazakhs)
- A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
- Synonyms:
- Kazakhstani
- The national language of Kazakhstan.
Adjective
Kazakh (comparative more Kazakh, superlative most Kazakh)
- Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.
- Over 70% of the city population is reckoned to be Kazakh or Uzbek and only 15% Russian. Being much more Kazakh than Russian certainly gives Shymkent a less disciplined feel about it, and this has its good sides to it and its bad sides.2010, Michael Fergus, Vitaliy Krotov, “Other cities”, in Kazakhstan: The Business Traveller’s Handbook (Gorilla Guides: Travel Handbooks for the Business Jungle), Northampton, Mass.: Interlink...
- At a signing ceremony in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on May 29, the presidents of Russia, Belarus, and Kazakhstan ratified the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) into existence. An EEU modeled on the European Union was first mooted back in 1994 by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev, but took off only...2014 July 1, Frank Jacobs, “Welcome to Stanistan”, in Foreign Policy, archived from the original on 03 Aug 2023
- Synonyms:
- Kazakhstani
Also used as
Kazakh is also the alternative form of Gazakh.
Kazakh meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Pashto
Kazakh in Hindi
- a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent
- कज़ाख़ kazāx
- language
- कज़ाख़ kazāx
- pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
- कज़ाख़ kazāx, क़ज़्ज़ाक़ qazzāq
Kazakh in Urdu
- pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
- قازق qāzaq
Kazakh in Bengali
- pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
- কাজাখ kajakh
Kazakh in Pashto
- pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language
- قزاقي
More languagesFewer languages
- Kazakh in Arabic
- قَزَاقِيّ qazāqiyy, قَزَاقِيَّة qazāqiyya, قَزَاق qazāq, كَازَاخِيّ kāzāḵiyy
- Kazakh in Malay
- Kazakh
- Kazakh in Persian
- قزاق qazzâq, کزاخ kazâx, قزاقی qazâqi, کزاخی kazâxi
Synonyms of Kazakh
Forms of Kazakh
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | Kazakhs |
| alternative form | Kazak |
| alternative form | Qazaq |
| alternative form | Kaisak |
| Adjective | |
| comparative | more Kazakh |
| superlative | most Kazakh |
Origin of Kazakh
From Russian каза́х (kazáx), from Kazakh қазақ (qazaq). Cognate with Cossack, ultimately from Turkic languages.
Borrowed from Russian Каза́х (Kazáx).
Words formed from Kazakh
Phrases with Kazakh
Words that rhyme with Kazakh
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Questions about Kazakh
- What does Kazakh mean?
- Kazakh means a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent.
- What is Kazakh in Hindi?
- Kazakh in Hindi is कज़ाख़ (kazāx), क़ज़्ज़ाक़ (qazzāq). See Kazakh meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Kazakh?
- Kazakh can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce Kazakh?
- Kazakh is pronounced /kəˈzak/ (UK).
- What is the plural of Kazakh?
- The plural of Kazakh is Kazakhs.
Words near Kazakh in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Kazakh (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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