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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Over the course of a few transformative days, the Kazakh vocalist left an indelible mark on Paris, navigating its most exclusive cultural and artistic enclaves. Spin Contributor, SPIN, 17 Feb. 2025 In that film, British comedian and actor Sacha Baron Cohen plays the misogynistic, homophobic and virulently antisemitic Kazakh television journalist Borat Sagdiyev (Kazakhstan's sixth-best journalist), who is traveling across America and reporting... Subscribe to continue reading, or log in. Philip Martin, arkansasonline.com, 9 Feb. 2025 The coming-of-age tale, set in a remote village in China’s Xinjiang region, follows a young Kazakh boy named Arsin who develops a deep connection with plants. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 Jan. 2025 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 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 23 Feb. 2025.

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