Where does “kârgâz” come from?
kârgâz (Romanian) comes from Kyrgyz кыргыз, from Kyrgyz кырк кыз — forty girls.
kârgâz (Romanian): Kyrgyz
Ancestry of “kârgâz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Kyrgyz | кыргыз | Kyrgyz; a Kyrgyz |
| 2 | Kyrgyz | кырк кыз | forty girls |