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- Kazakh · derived fromЖетісу
- Russian · borrowed fromЖетысу
- English todayZhetysu
Borrowed from Russian Жетысу (Žetysu), from Kazakh Жетісу (Jetisüw), from жеті (jeti, “seven”) + су (suw, “river”). Compare Chinese 七河 (Qīhé, literally “seven rivers”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.