khirghiz

Other forms of khirghiz

plural

khirghizes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about khirghiz

What does khirghiz mean?

khirghiz means "a member of a people vast regions of central Siberia". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in khirghiz?

khirghiz has 2 syllables: khirg-hiz. The stress falls on "khirg".

What is another word for khirghiz?

Close synonyms include Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Kirghiz, Kirgiz. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is khirghiz a common word?

khirghiz is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.