English Explanatory Dictionary

zhuz

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the three main territorial and tribal divisions in the Kipchak Plain area that cover much of the contemporary Kazakhstan, and represent the main tribal division within the ethnic group of the Kazakhs.

Word forms

zhuz zhuzes

Etymology

Borrowed from Kazakh жүз (jüz).

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