Kazak

Other forms: Kazaks

Definitions of Kazak
  1. noun
    a landlocked republic to the south of Russia and to the northeast of the Caspian Sea; the original Turkic-speaking inhabitants were overrun by Mongols in the 13th century; an Asian soviet from 1936 to 1991
    synonyms: Kazakh, Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Republic of Kazakhstan
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    example of:
    Asian country, Asian nation
    any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
  2. noun
    a Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan)
    synonyms: Kazakh
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    type of:
    Turki
    any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
  3. noun
    the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak
    synonyms: Kazakh
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    type of:
    Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar
    a subfamily of Altaic languages
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