Where does “Қызылорда” come from?

Қызылорда (Kazakh) comes from Kazakh қызыл, from Proto-Turkic kïŕïl, from Proto-Turkic kï̄ŕ- — to be hot, glow, redden.

Ancestry of “Қызылорда”, step by step

Қызылорда traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Kazakh қызыл

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhқызылred
2Proto-Turkickïŕïlred
3Proto-Turkickï̄ŕ-to be hot, glow, redden

via Kazakh орда

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Kazakhордаhorde historical sociopolitical and military structure found on the
2Proto-Turkicorduarmy, camp
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