Kazakh

noun

Ka·​zakh kə-ˈzak How to pronounce Kazakh (audio) -ˈzäk How to pronounce Kazakh (audio)
variants or less commonly
1
: a member of a Turkic people of Kazakhstan and other countries of central Asia
2
: the language of the Kazakhs
Kazakh adjective
or less commonly Kazak

Examples of Kazakh in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Last year, programming on living religions in the U.S., the culture of the Ozarks, and Kazakh traditions and rituals took place simultaneously. Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024 Media reports have described the passengers aboard the superyacht as Kazakh citizens, while the nationality of the crew members remains unclear. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 June 2024 There was, however, the additional matter of ice covering the soil in the cold Kazakh November. Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 5 June 2024 Today, Orano extracts as much uranium in a single day from its Kazakh mine as the Mongolia pilot project produced across its entire 18 months of operation. TIME, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for Kazakh 

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Word History

Etymology

Russian kazakh, from Kazakh kazak

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Kazakh was in 1832

Dictionary Entries Near Kazakh

Cite this Entry

“Kazakh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kazakh. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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