Khazar

See also: khazar

English

 Khazars on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• Chazar, Chozar, Khozar, Xazar

Etymology

The origin is unknown. Attested as Arabic خَزَر (ḵazar), Byzantine Greek Χάζαροι (Kházaroi), Hebrew כּוּזָרִים (Kuzarim), Middle Chinese 突厥曷薩 (*tʰuət̚-kɨut̚ ɦɑt̚-sɑt̚) and Middle Chinese 突厥可薩部 (*tʰuət̚-kɨut̚ kʰɑ^X-sɑt̚ buo^X), Latin Gazari and Cosar, Old Armenian խազիրք (xazirkʻ), Old East Slavic козаринъ (kozarinŭ), Persian خزر (xazar), Russian хаза́р (xazár), Tatar хәзәр (xäzär), Turkish Hazar, etc. Compare Old Uyghur 𐰴𐱁𐰺 (qšr¹), Middle Persian [script needed] (Kesar), Tibetan [script needed] (ge-sar).

See Wikipedia's article for etymology.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kəˈzɑː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kəˈzɑːɹ/
• Hyphenation: Kha‧zar

Noun

Khazar (plural Khazars or Khazar)

1. A member of a semi-nomadic Turkic tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).
2. (racist, derogatory, offensive slang) A Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin by reference to a discredited, racist myth of their origin in Europe.

   The Khazars have been hogging public services.

Related terms

• Khazaria

Translations

member of a semi-nomadic Turkic tribe

Arabic: خَزَر m (ḵazar) Armenian: խազար (hy) (xazar) Old Armenian: խազիրք pl (xazirkʻ) Azerbaijani: xəzər Belarusian: хаза́р m (xazár) Chinese: Mandarin: 可薩人／可萨人 Dutch: chazar m French: khazar m Georgian: ხაზარი (xazari) German: Chasar m, Chasarin f Greek: Χάζαρος (el) m (Cházaros) Hebrew: כּוּזָרִי m (kuzari) Hindi: ख़ज़र m (xazar) Hungarian: kazár (hu) Italian: Cazaro m, Khazaro m Japanese: ハザール (hazāru) Kazakh: хазар (xazar) Khakas: хазар (xazar) Korean: 하자르 (hajareu) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Persian: Iranian Persian: خَزَر (fa) (xazar) Polish: Chazar (pl) m, Chazarka f Russian: хаза́р (ru) m (xazár), хаза́рка f (xazárka) Spanish: jázaro m, jazar m Swedish: khazar (sv) c Tatar: хәзәр (xäzär) Turkish: Hazar (tr) Ukrainian: хоза́р m (xozár) Urdu: خَزَر m (xazar) Uzbek: xazar Yiddish: כּוזרי m (kuzri), כאַזאַר m (khazar)

Adjective

Khazar (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to Khazars.

Synonyms

• Khazarian

Translations

of or relating to Khazars

Armenian: խազարական (xazarakan) German: chasarisch Khakas: хазар (xazar) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Russian: хаза́рский (ru) (xazárskij)

Proper noun

Khazar

1. The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which a single word is attested, 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢.

Translations

language

Armenian: խազարերեն (hy) (xazareren) German: Chasarisch n Khakas: хазар тілі (xazar tìlì) Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Russian: хаза́рский (ru) m (xazárskij) (язы́к) Turkish: Hazarca (tr)

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Khazar terms
• Khazar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• ISO 639-3 code zkz (SIL)
• Linguist List entry for Khazar, code zkz

Anagrams

• Zakhar, kharza