Kazakh

or Ka·zak

[ kuh-zahk ]

noun

1. a member of a nomadic Muslim people living mainly in Kazakhstan.
2. the Turkic language of the Kazakh people.

Kazakh

/ kɑː-; kəˈzɑːk /

noun

1. -zakhs-zaks a member of a traditionally Muslim Mongoloid people of Kazakhstan
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Turkic branch of the Altaic family

Example Sentences

In 2019, Bilash was arrested for his vocal criticism of the Kazakh government’s close ties to China, which he blames for its weak stance in support of ethnic Kazakhs caught up in China’s camps.

From MIT Technology Review

This also underscores the organization’s integrity, says Serikzhan Bilash, a prominent Kazakh activist and the owner of the channel.

From MIT Technology Review

Though she was traveling with a Muslim Kazakh family, Li never addresses these dynamics explicitly.

From Outside Online

In it, Li recounts months spent traveling with a man named Cuma and his family, who are Kazakh nomadic herders, to their winter grazing lands.

From Outside Online

When I went to Kazakhstan, for example, people thought I might be Kazakh, or one of the people thought I might be Siberian when I went to Russia.

From Ozy

In 2012, the Kazakh foreign minister actually thanked Baron Cohen for making the movie.

From The Daily Beast