Kazakh

noun

Ka·​zakh kə-ˈzak  -ˈzäk 

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

Recent Examples on the Web

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

Based on preliminary information, the passengers included 37 Azerbaijani citizens, 16 Russian citizens, six Kazakh citizens, and three Kyrgyz citizens, according to the airline. —David Chiu, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024

An Embraer 190 Azerbaijan Airlines plane was carrying 67 people from the country's capital, Baku, to Grozny, near the Kazakh Caspian city of Aktau. —George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024

State of play: Azerbaijan held a national day of mourning for the victims on Thursday, as Kazakh officials told the media that investigators had found the plane's black box at the crash site. —Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 30 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

Russian kazakh, from Kazakh kazak

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1