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Khakas

Khakas noun: a Turkic-speaking people in South Central Siberia, who lives along the upper reach of the Yenisei River north of the Sayan Mountains.

Noun

Khakas pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) A Turkic-speaking people in South Central Siberia, who lives along the upper reach of the Yenisei River north of the Sayan Mountains.

Adjective

Khakas (comparative more Khakas, superlative most Khakas)

  1. Relating to the Khakas people or their language.

Proper noun

Khakas

  1. A Yenisei Turkic language spoken by the Khakas people.

Forms of Khakas

comparativemore Khakas
superlativemost Khakas

Origin of Khakas

Borrowed from Russian хака́с (xakás, “a Khakas”).

Questions about Khakas

What does Khakas mean?
Khakas means a Turkic-speaking people in South Central Siberia, who lives along the upper reach of the Yenisei River north of the Sayan Mountains.
What part of speech is Khakas?
Khakas can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near Khakas in the dictionary

  1. khakan
  2. khakanate
  3. khakanates
  4. khakans
  5. khakanship
  6. Khakas
  7. Khakasia
  8. Khakasiya
  9. Khakass
  10. Khakasses
  11. Khakassia

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