adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to Khazars.
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Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Of or relating to Khazars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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name
The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which only a single word is attested, 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢 (q̊1qur1üm).
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noun
A member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).
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noun
A Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin, by reference to a discredited, racist myth of their origin in Europe.
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Usage: derogatory, offensive, slang
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History
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.
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