Word Study
kirghiz
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun kirghiz has 3 senses
- kirghiz(n = noun.person) khirghiz, kirgiz - a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia; Array is a kind of turki
- kirghiz(n = noun.location) kirghizia, kirghizstan, kirgiz, kirgizia, kirgizstan, kyrgyz republic, kyrgyzstan - a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991; Array is a member of cis, commonwealth of independent states
- kirghiz(n = noun.communication) khirghiz, kirgiz - the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz; Array is a kind of turki, turkic, turkic language, turko-tatar
is a kind of asian country, asian nation
has parts: bishkek, biskek, capital of kyrgyzstan, frunze, pamir mountains, the pamirs
is a part of asia
OXFORD DICTIONARY
kirghiz, n. & adj.
--n. (pl. same)
1 a member of a Mongol people living in central Asia between the Volga and the Irtysh rivers.
2 the language of this people.
--adj. of or relating to this people or their language.
--n. (pl. same)
1 a member of a Mongol people living in central Asia between the Volga and the Irtysh rivers.
2 the language of this people.
--adj. of or relating to this people or their language.
Etymology
Kirghiz
For further exploring for "kirghiz" in Webster Dictionary Online
