Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun kirghiz

3 senses of kirghiz

Sense 1
Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz -- (a member of a people of Turkic speech and Mongolian race inhabiting vast regions of central Siberia)
       => Turki -- (any member of the peoples speaking a Turkic language)

Sense 2
Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Kirghizia, Kirgizia, Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Kirghizstan, Kirgizstan -- (a landlocked republic in west central Asia bordering on northwestern China; formerly an Asian soviet but became independent in 1991)
       INSTANCE OF=> Asian country, Asian nation -- (any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent)

Sense 3
Kirghiz, Kirgiz, Khirghiz -- (the Turkic language spoken by the Kirghiz)
       => Turki, Turkic, Turko-Tatar, Turkic language -- (a subfamily of Altaic languages)