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.
ru хаза́рский (of or relating to Khazars) · hy խազարական (of or relating to Khazars) · de chasarisch (of or relating to Khazars) · kjh хазар (of or relating to Khazars)
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.
Meanings
A member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe that occupied a large part of southwestern Russia and Ukraine (Khazaria).
(derogatory, offensive, slang) A Jew, particularly of Ashkenazi origin, by reference to a discredited, racist myth of their origin in Europe.
fr khazar (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · ka ხაზარი (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · hu kazár (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · el Χάζαρος (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · tt хәзәр (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · ur خَزَر (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · hy խազար (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · es jazar (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · ja ハザール (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · cmn 可薩人 /可萨人 (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · yi כּוזרי (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · kjh хазар (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · pl Chazarka (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · he כּוּזָרִי (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · hi ख़ज़र (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · sv khazar (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · be хаза́р (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · ko 하자르 (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · az xəzər (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · uz xazar (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · tr Hazar (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · de Chasarin (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · uk хоза́р (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · it Cazaro (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · ru хаза́р (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · fa-ira خَزَر (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · it Khazaro (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · kk хазар (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · pl Chazar (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · yi כאַזאַר (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · ar خَزَر (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · xcl խազիրք (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · nl chazar (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · ru хаза́рка (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · es jázaro (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe) · de Chasar (member of a seminomadic Turkic tribe)
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.
Meanings
The Turkic language of the Khazar people, of which only a single word is attested, 𐰸𐰴𐰆𐰺𐰇𐰢 (wk¹k¹wr¹ẅm).