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zhuz

zhuz noun: any of the three main territorial and tribal divisions in the Kipchak Plain area that cover much of the contemporary Kazakhstan, and represent the main tribal division within the ethnic group of the Kazakhs.

Noun

zhuz (plural zhuzes)

  1. Any of the three main territorial and tribal divisions in the Kipchak Plain area that cover much of the contemporary Kazakhstan, and represent the main tribal division within the ethnic group of the Kazakhs.
    • Mansur Mirovalev (11 January 2022), “Can centuries-old clan rivalry explain the crisis in Kazakhstan?”, in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera, retrieved 17 Jan 2022: “But the cornerstone of Kazakhstan’s post-Soviet wealth is the hydrocarbons drilled in the stomping ground of the Younger, or Minor Zhuz in...

Forms of zhuz

pluralzhuzes

Origin of zhuz

Borrowed from Kazakh жүз (jüz).

Questions about zhuz

What does zhuz mean?
Zhuz means any of the three main territorial and tribal divisions in the Kipchak Plain area that cover much of the contemporary Kazakhstan, and represent the main tribal division within the ethnic group of the Kazakhs.
What part of speech is zhuz?
Zhuz is a noun.
What is the plural of zhuz?
The plural of zhuz is zhuzes.

Words near zhuz in the dictionary

  1. Zhuxi
  2. Zhuyin
  3. Zhuyin alphabet
  4. Zhuyin alphabets
  5. Zhuyin fuhao
  6. zhuz
  7. zhuzes
  8. zhuzh
  9. zhuzhable
  10. zhuzhed
  11. zhuzhes

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