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Khazar
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khazar
English
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Alternative forms
en Chazar Chozar Khozar Xazar
Etymology
The origin is en unknown. Attested as ar خَزَر, gkm Χάζαροι, he כּוּזָרִים Kuzarim, ltc 突厥曷薩 *tʰuət̚-kɨut̚ ɦɑt̚-sɑt̚ and ltc 突厥可薩部 *tʰuət̚-kɨut̚ kʰɑX-sɑt̚ buoX, la Gazari and la Cosar, xcl խազիրք, orv козаринъ, fa خزر xazar, ru хаза́р, tt хәзәр, tr Hazar, etc. Compare oui 𐰴𐱁𐰺 qšr¹, pal Kesar, bo ge-sar.
See Wikipedia's article for etymology.
Pronunciation
en /kəˈzɑː/ UK
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Khazar.wav Southern England
en /kəˈzɑːɹ/ US
en Kha zar
Noun
s *
A member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).
en slang pejorative offensive A Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin, by reference to a discredited, racist myth of their origin in Europe.
en The Khazars have been hogging public services.
Related terms
en Khazaria
Translations
member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe
Arabic: ar خَزَر m
Armenian: hy խազար
Old Armenian: xcl խազիրք p
Azerbaijani: az xəzər
Belarusian: be хаза́р m
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 可薩人
Dutch: nl chazar m
French: fr khazar m
Georgian: ka ხაზარი
German: de Chasar m, de Chasarin f
Greek: el Χάζαρος m
Hebrew: he כּוּזָרִי m kuzari
Hindi: hi ख़ज़र m
Hungarian: hu kazár
Italian: it Cazaro m, it Khazaro m
Japanese: ja ハザール hazāru
Kazakh: kk хазар
Khakas: kjh хазар
Korean: ko 하자르
Mongolian: mn
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira خَزَر
Polish: pl Chazar m, pl Chazarka f
Russian: ru хаза́р m, ru хаза́рка f
Spanish: es jázaro m, es jazar m
Swedish: sv khazar c
Tatar: tt хәзәр
Turkish: tr Hazar
Ukrainian: uk хоза́р m
Urdu: ur خَزَر m
Uzbek: uz xazar
Yiddish: yi כּוזרי m kuzri, yi כאַזאַר m
Adjective
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Of or relating to Khazars.
Synonyms
en Khazarian
Translations
of or relating to Khazars
Armenian: hy խազարական
German: de chasarisch
Khakas: kjh хазар
Mongolian: mn
Russian: ru хаза́рский
Proper noun
The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which only a single word is attested, zkz 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢.
en Khazaric
Translations
language
Armenian: hy խազարերեն
German: de Chasarisch n
Khakas: kjh хазар тілі
Mongolian: mn
Russian: ru хаза́рский m язы́к
Turkish: tr Hazarca
See also
zkz
Khazar
1 zkz
Anagrams
en aahkrz Zakhar kharza
en Languages Demonyms Tribes Antisemitism