Definition of Khirghiz

1. Noun. A member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia.

Exact synonyms: Kirghiz, Kirgiz
Generic synonyms: Turki

2. Noun. The Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz.
Exact synonyms: Kirghiz, Kirgiz
Generic synonyms: Turki, Turkic, Turkic Language, Turko-tatar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Khirghiz

Kharput
Khartoum
Khasi
Khasis
Khaskovo
Khatri
Khayr ad-Din
Khazaria
Khazarian
Khedive
Khepera
Kherson
Khevsureti
Khinalug
Khios
Khirghiz
Khitan
Khiva
Khivan
Khivans
Khloe
Khmelnytskyi
Khmer
Khmer Rouge
Khmer numeral
Khmer numerals
Khmer script
Khnum
Khoekhoe
Khoikhoi

Literary usage of Khirghiz

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

1. The Pulse of Asia: A Journey in Central Asia Illustrating the Geographic by Ellsworth Huntington (1907)
"As the Karakorum plateau is for the most part too high and cold to be inhabited, we saw but a few score khirghiz on the way from India to Turkestan. ..."

2. The Romance of Savage Life: Describing the Life of Primitive Man, His by George Francis Scott Elliot (1908)
"... caravan changing pastures—Nomad huts—A dinner in Turkestan—Tea, cream, fermented milk, and mutton—The Abyssinian Boran—Berbers of Morocco—khirghiz of ..."

3. Proceedings by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain), Norton Shaw, Francis Galton, William Spottiswoode, Clements Robert Markham, Henry Walter Bates, John Scott Keltie (1871)
"The khirghiz have scattered, and Pamir lies uninhabited. ... near a deserted house of the khirghiz, where the river is fordable. The road is pretty good, ..."

4. Principles of Human Geography by Ellsworth Huntington, Sumner W. Cushing (1922)
"An Example of Human Geography: khirghiz Nomads of Central Asia. ... Some of the khirghiz of Central Asia are wandering herdsmen, or pastoral nomads, ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of London by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1871)
"The khirghiz have scattered, and Pamir lies uninhabited. ... near a deserted house of the khirghiz, where the river is fordable. The road is pretty good, ..."

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