kozak
/kˈoʊzək/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.32 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
name
A Cossack.
Example Sentences
- "According to Russian deputy prime minister Dmitrii Kozak, every ruble spent on preparations for the Sochi Olympics has been justified."
Etymology
* As a Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian surname, all from the noun Kozak (“Cossack”). Compare the variants Kazak, Kosack, Kosak, Kozack. * Also as a Polish and Czech surname, occupational surname for a goatherd, from koza (“nanny goat”). This is also found in Slovene and Serbo-Croatian, though probably influenced by the sense above. * Also as a Slovak and Czech surname, possibly from kozák (“kind of mushroom”). * As a Turkish surname, from kozak (“cone”) or its homonym meaning "shady place," from Ottoman Turkish قوزاق. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאָזאַק (kozak, “Cossack”), related to the first sense above.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: -, قوزاق, קאָזאַק
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in People.