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Kazakhify
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English
Etymology
From en Kazakh ify.
Verb
to make Kazakh.
en 2011 Michele E. Commercio Russian Minority Politics in Post-Soviet Latvia and Kyrgyzstan: The Transformative Power of Informal Networks University of Pennsylvania Press 9780812204704 165 One scholar identifies personnel decisions in particular as the main tool used to Kazakhify the state:
en 2014 Mariya Y. Omelicheva Nationalism and Identity Construction in Central Asia: Dimensions, Dynamics, and Directions Lexington Books 9780739181355 3 Kazakhifying city names (by restoring their Kazakh names or creating new Kazakh names from scratch) helps to territorialize the nation and therefore legitimize its borders.
en 2016 Marlene Laruelle Kazakhstan in the Making: Legitimacy, Symbols, and Social Changes Lexington Books 9781498525480 125 Loyal to the president, elites in the Kazakhstani regime are unable to compete against each other on the so-called Kazakhified field, proposing alternatives to the official, wobbly nation-building policy.