Kazakh

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Alternative scripts
Arabic حالىق
Cyrillic халық
Latin xalyq
Yañalif xalьq
 
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Etymology

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From Classical Persian خَلْق (xalq), from Arabic خَلْق (ḵalq). Compare also Bashkir халыҡ (xalıq), Kyrgyz калк (kalk), Southern Altai калык (kalïk), Shor қалық, Khakas халых (xalıx), etc.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /χɑ.ləq/, [χɑ.ɫəq], nativized [qɑ.ɫəq]

Noun

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халық (xalyq)

  1. nation
  2. people
  3. population

Declension

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Derived terms

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