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Khakas

adj · name · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the Khakas people or their language.

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2

name

Meaning 2

A Yenisei Turkic language spoken by the Khakas people.

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noun

Meaning 3

A Turkic-speaking people in South Central Siberia, who lives along the upper reach of the Yenisei River north of the Sayan Mountains.

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History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈卡斯人 (Hākǎsī rén) — people
  • Czech: Chakasové — people
  • Hungarian: hakasz — people
  • Japanese: ハカス人 (hakasu-jin) — people
  • Kazakh: хакас (xakas) — people
  • Khakas: хакастар (xakastar) — people
  • Khakas: тадарлар (tadarlar) — people
  • Khakas: хоорай (xooray) — people
  • Polish: Chakas — people
  • Polish: Chakaska — people
  • Russian: хака́сы (xakásy) — people
  • Shor: хакастар — people
  • Shor: тадарлар — people
  • Turkish: Hakaslar — people
  • Azerbaijani: xakas dili — language
  • Chinese Mandarin: 哈卡斯語 /哈卡斯语 (Hākǎsī yǔ) — language
  • Chuvash: хакас чӗлхи (hak̬as čĕlh̬i) — language
  • Czech: chakaština — language
  • Estonian: hakassi keel — language
  • Finnish: hakassi — language
  • Gagauz: hakas dili — language
  • Hungarian: hakasz — language
  • Japanese: ハカス語 (hakasu-go) — language
  • Kazakh: хақас тілі (xaqas tılı) — language
  • Khakas: хакас тілі (xakas tìlì) — language
  • Khakas: тадар тілі (tadar tìlì) — language
  • Macedonian: хакаски јазик (hakaski jazik) — language
  • Russian: хака́сский (xakásskij) — language
  • Tatar: хакас теле (xaqas tele) — language
  • Turkish: Hakasça — language