- Kirghiz
- noun (plural Kirghiz or Kirghizes) Etymology: Kirghiz kırğız Date: 1600 1. a member of a Turkic people of Kyrgyzstan and adjacent areas of central Asia 2. the language of the Kirghiz
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Kirghiz
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