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Kazakh - 2 dictionary results

Ka⋅zakh

[kuh-zahk]
–noun
1. a member of a nomadic Muslim people living mainly in Kazakhstan.
2. the Turkic language of the Kazakh people.
Also, Ka⋅zak.
Ka·zakh   (kä'zäk', kə-zäk')   
n.   pl. Kazakhs or Kazakh
  1. A member of a pastoral Muslim people inhabiting Kazakhstan and parts of Xinjiang Uygur in China.
  2. The Turkic language of this people.

[Russian kazakh, from Kazakh qazaq, from Old Turkic *qazghaq, a profiteer, from qazqhanmaq, to acquire, from qazmaq, to dig out.]
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