Where does “Жезқазған” come from?

Жезқазған (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh жез, from Proto-Turkic *yeŕ.

Ancestry of “Жезқазған”, step by step

Жезқазған traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh жез

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhжезbrass
2Proto-Turkic*yeŕ—

via Kazakh [[қазу

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakh[[қазу—

via Kazakh қазған]]

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhқазған]]—

Words derived from “Жезқазған”

Every word from Proto-Turkic *yeŕ →Every word from Kazakh жез →
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