Definitions for kirghizkɪrˈgiz
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Kir•ghizkɪrˈgiz(n.)(pl.)-ghiz•es or -giz•es; -ghiz or -giz.
or Kir•giz
a member of a Turkic people of Central Asia, living mainly in Kirghizia, Tadzhikistan, and the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in W China.
Category: Peoples
the language of the Kirghiz.
Category: Peoples
Princeton's WordNet
Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz(noun)
a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia
Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan(noun)
a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991
Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz(noun)
the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz
Wiktionary
Kirghiz(ProperNoun)
A language of Kyrgyzstan.
Kirghiz(ProperNoun)
Turkish ethnic group in Kyrgyzstan.
Origin: Possibly from the Kyrgyz words "кырк кыз" (forty girls), a reference to the Manas epic unifying forty small tribes against the Chinese and the Muslim expansion; or possibly from "кырк ууз" (the forty tribes); or possibly from "кыргыс" (imperishable, inextinguishable, undying).
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Kirghiz
a nomadic Turkish people occupying the Kirghiz steppes, an immense tract E. of the Ural River and the Caspian Sea, numbering 2½ millions, adventurous, witty, and free-spirited; refuse to settle; retain ancient customs and characteristics, and are Moslems only in name.
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