Khazar

Meanings

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

1. Of or relating to Khazars.

1. The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which only a single word is attested, 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢 (q̊¹qur¹üm).

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.