Kirghiz Definition

kirgēz
kirghizes
noun
A member of a people living chiefly in Kyrgyzstan and adjacent areas.
Webster's New World
The Turkic language of this people.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A language of Kyrgyzstan.

Wiktionary
Turkish ethnic group in Kyrgyzstan.
Wiktionary

Origin of Kirghiz

  • Possibly from the Kyrgyz words "кырк кыз" (forty girls), a reference to the Manas epic unifying forty small tribes against the Chinese and the Muslim expansion; or possibly from "кырк ууз" (the forty tribes); or possibly from "кыргыс" (imperishable, inextinguishable, undying).

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Kirghiz Sentence Examples

  • Kirghiz form 76% of the population, Taranchis 5.7%, Russians 14% and Dzungans most of the remainder.

  • Live-stock breeding is very extensively carried on by the Kirghiz, namely, horses, cattle, sheep, camels, goats and pigs.

  • The language of the Kirghiz is Turki and their religion that of Mahomet.

  • To this power or to the Kirghiz the "Whites" and "Blacks" alternately appealed in their struggles, in which Yarkand supported the latter and Kashgar the former.

  • Closely connected with the Khan-tengri knot are the Khalyk-tau on the east, and on the west three diverging lines of elevation, namely the Terskei Ala-tau or Kirghiz Ala-tau, overhanging the south shore of Issyk-kul; the Kokshal-tau, stretching away southwest as far as the Terez Mountains between Kashgar and Ferghana; and, intermediate between these two, the successive ranges of the Sary-jas, Kulu-tau, and Ak-shiryak.

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Words Starting With

KKIKIR

Words Ending With

ZIZHIZ

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Words Starting With K and Ending With Z

Starts With K & Ends With ZStarts With KI & Ends With ZStarts With K & Ends With IZ

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With K7 Letter Words Ending With Z