Where does “किर्गिज़” come from?

किर्गिज़ (Hindi) comes from Russian Киргиз, from Kyrgyz кыргыз, from Kyrgyz кырк кыз — forty girls.

किर्गिज़ (Hindi): the Kyrgyz

Definitions

  1. the Kyrgyz

Ancestry of “किर्गिज़”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianКиргизKyrgyz person
2KyrgyzкыргызKyrgyz; a Kyrgyz
3Kyrgyzкырк кызforty girls
Every word from Kyrgyz кырк кыз →Every word from Kyrgyz кыргыз →Every word from Russian Киргиз →