Kazakh

/kəˈzɑk/

Other forms: Kazakhs

Definitions of Kazakh

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: Kazak, Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Republic of Kazakhstan

   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: Kazak

   type of:

   Turki

   any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
3. noun

   the Turkic language spoken by the Kazak
   synonyms: Kazak

   type of:

   Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar

   a subfamily of Altaic languages