Kazakh

noun

Ka·​zakh kə-ˈzak How to pronounce Kazakh (audio) -ˈzäk How to pronounce Kazakh (audio)
variants or less commonly Kazak
1
: a member of a Turkic people of Kazakhstan and other countries of central Asia
2
: the language of the Kazakhs
Kazakh adjective
or less commonly Kazak

Examples of Kazakh in a Sentence

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The Kazakh player converted five of her seven break points and erased the three break points 16-year-old Jones had at 5-1 in the first set. Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 Visitors will also get to explore the museum’s permanent collection, which includes a walkthrough sculpture by American artist Richard Serra, pieces by Kazakh pioneers Aisha Galimbayeva and Rustam Khalfin, and an audiovisual installation by American video artist Bill Viola. Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Jan. 2025 The pilot was offered alternative airports, but chose to proceed to the Kazakh city of Aktau after two unsuccessful attempts to land in Grozny, according to a statement issued by Dmitry Yadrov, head of Rosaviatsia. Hannah Peart, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024 The Embraer 190 crashed near the Kazakh city of Aktau on Wednesday, killing 38 of the 67 people on board while en route from Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan, to Grozny, the capital of Chechnya, Russia. Hannah Peart, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Kazakh 

Word History

Etymology

Russian kazakh, from Kazakh kazak

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of Kazakh was in 1832

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“Kazakh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kazakh. Accessed 28 Jan. 2025.

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