Khirghiz

Other forms: Khirghizes

Definitions of Khirghiz
  1. noun
    a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
    synonyms: Kirghiz, Kirgiz
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    type of:
    Turki
    any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language
  2. noun
    the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
    synonyms: Kirghiz, Kirgiz
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    type of:
    Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar
    a subfamily of Altaic languages
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