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 Bakalova portrayed the satirical Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev's daughter Tutar. Nigel Smith, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024 The film resonates with echoes of Old Hollywood, while marrying them to Kazakh traditions of storytelling. Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024 In April 2024, the Russian and Kazakh authorities went to the 23-year-old’s place of work and detained him, holding him on a Russian base in the south of Kazakhstan, where he was pressured to return to Russia to face charges. Sarah A. Topol, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2024 Archaeologists believe the face was part of a larger monument that was built in the northern Kazakh Uplands. Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 22 July 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 31 Oct. 2024.

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