Where does “Қостанай” come from?
Қостанай (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh қос, from Proto-Turkic *koš — pair, double.
Ancestry of “Қостанай”, step by step
Қостанай traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Kazakh танай
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazakh | танай | — |