Khazar

Meanings

Noun

• A member of a semi-nomadic Turkic and predominantly Jewish tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).
• A Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin by reference to a discredited, racist myth of their origin in Europe.

Adjective

• Of or relating to Khazars.

Proper Noun

• The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which a single word is attested, 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢.

Related

Similar words

• Khazarian

Origin

• The origin is unknown. Attested as Arabic خَزَر, Byzantine Greek Χάζαροι, Hebrew כּוּזָרִים, Middle Chinese 突厥曷薩 and Middle Chinese 突厥可薩部, Latin Gazari and Cosar, Old Armenian խազիրք, Old East Slavic козаринъ, Persian خزر, Russian хаза́р, Tatar хәзәр, Turkish Hazar, etc. Compare Old Uyghur 𐰴𐱁𐰺, Middle Persian, Tibetan .
• See Wikipedia's article for etymology.