kazakh

• Существительное, обозначающее представителя тюркской этнической группы, коренной для Центральной Азии, в основном проживающей в Казахстане.

A noun referring to a member of a Turkic ethnic group native to Central Asia, primarily inhabiting Kazakhstan.

имя собственное

1. Person from KazakhstanA2formal

   A member of a Turkic ethnic group native to Kazakhstan and neighboring regions, traditionally Muslim.

   Казах

   • She met a Kazakh who shared stories about the steppes.
   • Many Kazakhs speak both Kazakh and Russian.
   • The Kazakh community celebrates Nauryz every spring.

   Синонимыkazak

2. Country (Kazakhstan)B1formal

   The landlocked republic in Central Asia, south of Russia and northeast of the Caspian Sea, formerly a Soviet republic.

   Казахстан

   • Kazakh is the ninth largest country in the world by area.
   • The capital of Kazakh is Astana, now known as Nur-Sultan.
   • Kazakh gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.

3. Kazakh languageA2formal

   The Turkic language spoken by the Kazakh people, written in Cyrillic script (and Latin in some contexts).

   Казахский язык

   • He is learning Kazakh to communicate with his relatives.
   • Kazakh has many loanwords from Russian and Arabic.
   • The Kazakh alphabet was changed from Latin to Cyrillic in the 1940s.

   Синонимыkazak