Where does “қазоқ” come from?

қазоқ (Tajik) comes from Persian قزاق, from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- — to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out.

қазоқ (Tajik): Kazakh person

Definitions

  1. Kazakh person

Ancestry of “қазоқ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1PersianقزاقKazakh; Cossack
2Proto-Turkickaŕ-to dig, scrape, plane; to dig out

Words derived from “қазоқ”

Every word from Proto-Turkic kaŕ- →Every word from Persian قزاق →
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