Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zhuz

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zhuz
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

4

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the three main territorial and tribal divisions in the Kipchak Plain area that cover much of the contemporary Kazakhstan, and represent the main tribal division within the ethnic group of the Kazakhs.

Example Sentences

"Mansur Mirovalev (11 January 2022), “Can centuries-old clan rivalry explain the crisis in Kazakhstan?”, in aljazeera.com, Al Jazeera, retrieved 17 Jan 2022: “But the cornerstone of Kazakhstan’s post-Soviet wealth is the hydrocarbons drilled in the stomping ground of the Younger, or Minor Zhuz in the country’s west, next to the Caspian Sea, one of the biggest sources of untapped hydrocarbons on Earth.”"

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh жүз (jüz).

Word Breakdown

Root: жүз

Inflected Forms

zhuzes (plural)

Questions

What does zhuz mean?: Any of the three main territorial and tribal divisions in the Kipchak Plain area that cover much of the contemporary Kazakhstan, and represent the main tribal division within the ethnic group of the Kazakhs.
Where does zhuz come from?: Borrowed from Kazakh жүз (jüz).

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