kazakh
/kəˈzɑk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.96 in modern English
26
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, from, or pertaining to Kazakhstan, the Kazakh people or the Kazakh language.
name
Alternative form of Gazakh.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: каза́х, қазақ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kəˈzɑk/
- British English: /kəˈzak/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Kazakhs (plural)
Kazak (alternative)
Qazaq (alternative)
Kaisak (alternative)
more Kazakh (comparative)
most Kazakh (superlative)