Where does “قزاق” come from?
قزاق (Persian) comes from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.
قزاق (Persian): Kazakh; Cossack
Definitions
- Kazakh; Cossack
Ancestry of “قزاق”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Turkic | kaŕ- | to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out |