Khazar

== English == === Alternative forms === Chazar, Chozar, Khozar, Xazar === 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 kʰɑX-sɑt̚ buoX), 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. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈzɑː/ (US) IPA(key): /kəˈzɑːɹ/ Hyphenation: Kha‧zar === Noun === Khazar (plural Khazars or Khazar) A member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria). (slang, derogatory, offensive) A Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin, by reference to a discredited, racist myth of their origin in Europe. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === Khazar (not comparable) Of or relating to Khazars. ==== Synonyms ==== Khazarian ==== Translations ==== === Proper noun === Khazar The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which only a single word is attested, 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢 (q̊¹qur¹üm). ==== Translations ==== === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Khazar terms Khazar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia ISO 639-3 code zkz (SIL) === Anagrams === Zakhar, kharza