Meanings
plural Kozaks
- A surname.
According to Russian deputy prime minister Dmitrii Kozak, every ruble spent on preparations for the Sochi Olympics has been justified.
2014 February 13, Thomas Remington, “10 explanations for Russia’s coming fiscal squeeze”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Dec 2017 - A Cossack.
Origin
- Yiddishקאָזאַק“Cossack”
- Ottoman Turkishقوزاق
- EnglishKozak
* As a Ukrainian, Carpathian Rusyn, Polish, Czech, Slovak, and Hungarian surname, all from the noun Kozak (“Cossack”). Compare the variants Kazak, Kosack, Kosak, Kozack. * Also as a Polish and Czech surname, occupational surname for a goatherd, from koza (“nanny goat”). This is also found in Slovene and Serbo-Croatian, though probably influenced by the sense above. * Also as a Slovak and Czech surname, possibly from kozák (“kind of mushroom”). * As a Turkish surname, from kozak (“cone”) or its homonym meaning "shady place," from Ottoman Turkish قوزاق. * As a Jewish surname, from Yiddish קאָזאַק (kozak, “Cossack”), related to the first sense above.
More words from Ottoman Turkish, Yiddish
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