English Explanatory Dictionary

Khakas

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A Turkic-speaking people in South Central Siberia, who lives along the upper reach of the Yenisei River north of the Sayan Mountains.
adj
  1. Relating to the Khakas people or their language.
name
  1. A Yenisei Turkic language spoken by the Khakas people.

Word forms

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian хака́с (xakás, “a Khakas”).

Related words

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