Definition of Kazak

1. Noun. A Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan).

Exact synonyms: Kazakh
Generic synonyms: Turki

2. Noun. A landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991.
Exact synonyms: Kazakh, Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Republic Of Kazakhstan
Group relationships: Cis, Commonwealth Of Independent States
Generic synonyms: Asian Country, Asian Nation
Terms within: Alma-ata, Almaty
Group relationships: Asia
Member holonyms: Kazakhstani

3. Noun. The Turkic language spoken by the Kazak.
Exact synonyms: Kazakh
Generic synonyms: Turki, Turkic, Turkic Language, Turko-tatar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Kazak

Kay Boyle
Kayasthi
Kayathi
Kaycee
Kaycie
Kayden
Kaye
Kayla
Kaylee
Kayleigh
Kayley
Kaylie
Kayser
Kayser-Fleischer ring
Kayunga
Kazak (current term)
Kazakh
Kazakh SSR
Kazakhs
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstani
Kazakhstani monetary unit
Kazakhstanis
Kazakstan
Kazan
Kazanjian
Kazanjian's operation
Kazbek
Kazi
Kazimir Malevich

Literary usage of Kazak

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Standard Alphabet for Reducing Unwritten Languages and Foreign Graphic by Richard Lepsius (1863)
"Kazak (WESTERN KIRGHIZ, small horde). Guttural (hard) vowels: adoui Palatal ... He has observed that some Kazak individuals pronounce the letter z as j, ..."

2. The Tiffany Studios Collection of Notable Oriental Rugs by Tiffany Studios (1907)
"N unusually fine Antique Kazak rug with deep red field upon which are panels of blue and red confined within a meandering outline border which carries a ..."

3. Travels in the Himalayan Provinces of Hindustan and the Panjab; in Ladakh by William Moorcroft, George Trebeck (1841)
"... Saleh —Oxus —Ferry-boats—Kazak encampment—Optical illusion—Karshi —Visit to the Prince—Departure—Arrival at Bokhara. ..."

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