Where does “қазы” come from?

қазы (Kazakh) comes from Persian قاضی, from Arabic قَاضٍ, from Arabic قَضَى — to judge; to perform.

қазы (Kazakh): kazy traditional sausage-like food in Central Asia

Definitions

  1. kazy traditional sausage-like food in Central Asia

Ancestry of “қазы”, step by step

қазы traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian قاضی

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianقاضیjudge
2Arabicقَاضٍmagistrate; judge
3Arabicقَضَىto judge; to perform

via Proto-Turkic *kiaŕï

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Turkic*kiaŕï—
Every word from Arabic قَضَى →Every word from Arabic قَاضٍ →Every word from Persian قاضی →