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Noun: Kazak  ku'zak or ku'zaak or 'ka,zak
  1. 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
    - Kazakhstan, Republic of Kazakhstan, Kazakstan, Kazakh
     
  2. The Turkic language spoken by the Kazak
    - Kazakh, Kazakh language, Kazak language
     
  3. A Muslim who is a member of a Turkic people of western Asia (especially in Kazakstan)
    - Kazakh

Derived forms: Kazaks

Type of: Asian country, Asian nation, Turki, Turkic, Turkic language, Turko-Tatar

Part of: Asia, CIS, Commonwealth of Independent States

Encyclopedia: Kazak, Iran