English
Zhetysu
Zhetysu comes from Russian Жетысу, and goes back to Kazakh Жетісу.
- KazakhmodernЖетісуJetisüw
- RussianmodernЖетысуŽetysu
- Englishearliest quotation 2020Zhetysu
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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- KazakhmodernЖетісуJetisüw
- RussianmodernЖетысуŽetysu
- Englishearliest quotation 2020Zhetysu
Earliest quotation: 2020, Assel Satubaldina, Kazakhstan Celebrates International Children’s Day: “We bought gifts, sweets, toys, and creative boxes and…”
A compound of жеті ‘seven’ + су ‘river’
Proto-Turkic *yẹt(t)i ‘seven’
Kazakh жеті ‘seven’
Proto-Turkic *sub ‘water’
Kazakh су ‘river’
Every English word from Kazakh Жетісу
Today it means
name A region of eastern Kazakhstan
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Kazakh Жетісу / Zhetysu