Kazakh

kazakh English Etymology 1 kk From en ru каза́х, from en kk қазақ, from en trk-cmn-pro *kazgak, from en trk-pro *kaŕgak provider, ultimately a derivation from en trk-pro *kaŕ- to dig.Cossack en Cossack. Alternative forms en Kazak Qazaq Kaisak archaic Pronunciation en /kəˈzak/ /kəˈzɑːk/ /ˈkazak/ UK en /kəˈzɑk/ /kəˈzæk/ /ˈkæzæk/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kazakh.wav Southern England en ɑːk 2 Noun ~ en countable A person from Kazakhstan or of that descent. en Kazakhstani en uncountable The national language of Kazakhstan. Translations a person from Kazakhstan or of that descent Afrikaans: af Kazak, af Kazach Albanian: sq kazah m, sq kazak m Altai: Southern Altai: alt казак Arabic: ar قَزَاقِيّ m, ar قَزَاقِيَّة f, ar قَزَاق p Armenian: hy ղազախ Asturian: ast kazaquistanín m, ast kazakstanín m, ast kazaku m, ast kazaquistanina f, ast kazakstanina f, ast kazaka f Azerbaijani: az qazax Bashkir: ba ҡаҙаҡ Belarusian: be каза́х m, be каза́шка f Bulgarian: bg каза́х m Catalan: ca kazakh m f Chagatai: chg قزاق qazāq qazaq Chinese: Dungan: dng хазах Mandarin: cmn 哈薩克人 Hɑ̄sɑ̀kèrén Circassian: East Circassian: kbd казах Czech: cs Kazach m, cs Kazaška f Danish: da kasakher c Dutch: nl Kazak m Esperanto: eo kazaĥo Finnish: fi kazakki French: fr Kazakh m, fr Kazakhe f Georgian: ka ყაზახი German: de Kasache m, de Kasachin f Greek: el Καζάκος m, el Καζάκα f Hindi: hi कज़ाख़ m f Hungarian: hu kazak, hu kazah Irish: ga Casacach m Japanese: ja カザフ人 kazafujin Kalmyk: xal хасг Kazakh: Cyrillic (since 1940): kk қазақ Eskı emle (before 1924): kk قزاق qazāq qazaq Jaña emle (since 1924): kk قازاق Latin (2021 and earlier proposals): kk qazaq Khakas: kjh хазах Korean: ko 카자흐스탄인, ko 카자흐스탄 사람 Kyrgyz: ky казак Latvian: lv kazahs m, lv kazahiete f Lithuanian: lt kazachas m Manchu: mnc ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn казах, mn хасаг traditionally, also used to refer to a Cossack Mongolian script: mn ᠬᠠᠰᠠᠭ, mn ᠺᠠᠽᠠᠭ Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kasakhstaner m Nynorsk: nn kasakhstanar m Persian: fa قزاق qazzâq, fa کزاخ kazâx Polish: pl Kazach m-pr, pl Kazaszka f Portuguese: pt cazaque Romanian: ro kazah m, ro kazahă f Russian: ru каза́х m, ru каза́шка f since 1936; ru каза́к m, ru каза́чка f 1925–1936; ru кирги́з m, ru кирги́зка f, ru киргѝз-кайса́к m, ru киргѝз-кайса́чка f 1734– 1925 Spanish: es kazajo m Swahili: sw Mkazaki Swedish: sv kazak c ethnicity Tajik: tg қазоқ Tatar: tt казакъ Turkish: tr Kazak Ottoman Turkish: ota قزاق Kazak Turkmen: tk gazak Ukrainian: uk каза́х m, uk каза́шка f Uyghur: ug قازاق Uzbek: uz qozoq Cyrillic: uz қозоқ Written Oirat: xwo ᡍᠠᠰᠠᡎ Xibe: sjo ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡣ ᠨᡞᠶᠠᠯᠮᠠ hasak niyalma Yakut: sah казах a person from Kazakhstan Kazakhstani language Afrikaans: af Kazaks, af Kazachs Altai: Southern Altai: alt казак тил Arabic: ar قَزَاقِيَّة f Armenian: hy ղազախերեն Asturian: ast kazaquistanín, ast kazakstanín, ast kazaku Catalan: ca kazakh m Cherokee: chr ᎧᏌᎧ Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 哈薩克語 hāsàkèyǔ Circassian: East Circassian: kbd казахыбзэ Czech: cs kazaština f Danish: da kasakhisk n Dutch: nl Kazachs n Esperanto: eo kazaĥo Finnish: fi kazakki French: fr kazakh m German: de Kasachisch n Greek: el καζακικά n-p Hindi: hi कज़ाख़ f Hungarian: hu kazak, hu kazah Irish: ga Casaicis f Italian: it kazako m Japanese: ja カザフ語 kazafugo Kazakh: kk қазақша, kk қазақ тілі Khmer: km កាហ្សាក់ Korean: ko 카자흐어 Latvian: lv kazahu valoda f, lv kazahu Manchu: mnc ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡴ ᡤᡳᠰᡠᠨ Navajo: nv Kʼazah dineʼé bizaad Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kasakhisk m Nynorsk: nn kasakhisk m Persian: fa قزاقی qazâqi, fa کزاخی kazâxi, fa زبان قزاقی zabân-e qazâqi Polish: pl język kazachski m-in Portuguese: pt cazaque m Romanian: ro kazahă f Russian: ru каза́хский m Slovak: sk kazaština f Slovene: sl kazaščina f Swahili: sw Kikazaki Swedish: sv kazakiska c Tajik: tg қазоқӣ, tg забони қазоқӣ Turkish: tr Kazakça Uyghur: ug قازاقچە Uzbek: uz qozoqcha, uz қозоқча Xibe: sjo ᡥᠠᠰᠠᡣ ᡤᡞᠰᡠᠨ hasak gisun Further reading kk 1 kk kaz kaz Adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language. en Kazakhstani en 2010 Michael Fergus; Vitaliy Krotov Other cities Kazakhstan: The Business Traveller’s Handbook Gorilla Guides: Travel Handbooks for the Business Jungle Northampton, Mass. Interlink Travel chapter 9 (Other Major Cities) 159 https://archive.org/details/kazakhstanbusine0000ferg/page/159/mode/1up 978-1-56656-799-2 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. en Frank Jacobs Welcome to Stanistan w:Foreign Policy https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/01/welcome-to-stanistan/ 2014-07-01 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 after his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, seized upon its potential as a Moscow-centered, Asia-oriented alternative to the EU. https://web.archive.org/web/20251021010603/https://foreignpolicy.com/2014/07/01/welcome-to-stanistan/ 21 October 2025 Derived terms en Kazakh dandelion Kazakhgate Kazakhification Kazakhify Kazakhism Kazakhize Kazakhness Translations pertaining to the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language Afrikaans: af Kazaks, af Kazachs Albanian: sq kazah, sq kazak Altai: Southern Altai: alt казак Arabic: ar كَازَاخِيّ Armenian: hy ղազախական Asturian: ast kazaquistanín, ast kazakstanín, ast kazaku Azerbaijani: az qazax Bashkir: ba ҡаҙаҡ Belarusian: be каза́хскі, be каза́скі Taraškievica Bengali: bn কাজাখ Bulgarian: bg каза́хски Catalan: ca kazakh Chinese: Dungan: dng хазах Mandarin: cmn 哈薩克 哈薩克的 hāsàkè de Circassian: East Circassian: kbd казах Czech: cs kazašský Danish: da kasakhisk Dutch: nl Kazachs Esperanto: eo kazaĥa Estonian: et kasahhi Finnish: fi kazakkilainen French: fr kazakh Georgian: ka ყაზახური German: de kasachisch Greek: el καζακικός Hindi: hi कज़ाख़, hi क़ज़्ज़ाक़ m Hungarian: hu kazak, hu kazah Irish: ga Casacach, ga Casaicise language Japanese: ja カザフ カザフの kazafu no Kazakh: kk қазақ Khmer: km កាហ្សាក់ Korean: ko 카자흐 카자흐-의 Kyrgyz: ky казак Latvian: lv kazahu, lv kazahisks Lithuanian: lt kazachų, lt kazachiškas Macedonian: mk казашки Malay: ms Kazakh Mongolian: mn казах, mn хасаг Norwegian: Bokmål: nb kasakhstansk Nynorsk: nn kasakhstansk Pashto: ps قزاقي Persian: fa قزاقی qazâqi, fa کزاخی kazâxi Polish: pl kazachski, pl kazaski, pl kazachstański Portuguese: pt cazaque Romanian: ro kazah Russian: ru каза́хский Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh казашки Latin: sh kazaški Slovak: sk kazašský Slovene: sl kazaški Spanish: es kazajo Swedish: sv kazakisk Tajik: tg қазоқӣ Tatar: tt казакъ Turkish: tr Kazak Turkmen: tk gazak Ukrainian: uk каза́хський Urdu: ur قازق qāzaq Uyghur: ug قازاق Uzbek: uz qozoq pertaining to the Kazakhstan Kazakhstani Etymology 2 en :bor ru:Каза́х + 1 Proper noun en Gazakh. References казак en doublets en Demonyms Ethnonyms Kazakhstan Languages Nationalities